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ab·bey / ˈabē/ • n. (pl. -beys) the building or buildings occupied by a community of monks or nuns. ∎ a church or house that was formerly an abbey.
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abbey
abbey Complex of buildings that constitute a religious community, the centre of which is the abbey church. Since the decline of monasticism often only the church remains.
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