abbey

noun, plural ab·beys.

1. a monastery under the supervision of an abbot or a convent under the supervision of an abbess.
2. the group of buildings comprising such a monastery or convent.
3. the church of an abbey.

noun

1. Edward,1927–89, U.S. novelist and nature writer.
2. Edwin Austin,1852–1911, U.S. painter and illustrator.
3. a female given name, form of Abigail.

noun

1. a building inhabited by a community of monks or nuns governed by an abbot or abbess
2. a church built in conjunction with such a building
3. such a community of monks or nuns

n.

mid-13c., “convent headed by an abbot or abbess,” from Anglo-French abbeie, Old French abaïe, from Late Latin abbatia, from abbas (genitive abbatis); see abbot.