Abbey
['æbɪ] or ['æbi]
Definition
(noun.) a monastery ruled by an abbot.
(noun.) a convent ruled by an abbess.
(noun.) a church associated with a monastery or convent.
Typed by Harrison--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A monastery or society of persons of either sex, secluded from the world and devoted to religion and celibacy; also, the monastic building or buildings.
(n.) The church of a monastery.
Typed by Adele
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Monastery, convent, cloister, priory, nunnery.
Typist: Willard
Definition
n. a monastery of persons of either sex presided over by an abbot or abbess: the church now or formerly attached to it: in Newstead Abbey &c. the name has been retained after the abbatial building had become a private house:—pl. Abb′eys.
Typed by Edwina
Unserious Contents or Definition
To see an abbey in ruins, foretells that your hopes and schemes will fall into ignoble incompletion. To dream that a priest bars your entrance into an abbey, denotes that you will be saved from a ruinous state by enemies mistaking your embarrassment for progress. For a young woman to get into an abbey, foretells her violent illness. If she converses with a priest in an abbey, she will incur the censure of true friends for indiscretion.
Checker: Lyman
Examples
- All wished Miss Abbey good-night and Miss Abbey wished good-night to all, except Riderhood. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The three persons were Miss Abbey and two male guests. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It always IS a steamer, Miss Abbey,' cried another. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Master Allan Stewart, friend to Captain James Stewart of Cardonall, by means of the Queen's corrupted court, obtained the Abbey of Crossraguel. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- It's a steamer, Miss Abbey,' cried one blurred figure in the fog. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Perhaps to Hartfield, perhaps to the Abbey Mill, perhaps into his woods. Jane Austen. Emma.
- As Miss Abbey helped her to turn her chair, her loosened bonnet dropped on the floor. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Them's her lights, Miss Abbey, wot you see a-blinking yonder,' cried another. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- If that's Tom Tootle,' Miss Abbey made proclamation, in her most commanding tones, 'let him instantly come underneath here. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It may be worth thinking of by Fawners of all denominations--in Westminster Abbey and Saint Paul's Cathedral put together, on any Sunday in the year. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- You are a great deal too necessary at Hartfield to be spared to Abbey-Mill. Jane Austen. Emma.
- I am bound to say, girl, I didn't know who it was,' returns Miss Abbey; 'but I hope it would have been pretty much the same if I had known. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- That's the stretcher, or the shutter, whichever of the two they are carrying,' said Miss Abbey, with experienced ear. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- So far as I can make out, it is nothing more exciting than an Abbey's accounts dating from the second half of the fifteenth century. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Glad to hear you say so,' rejoined Miss Abbey. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Skilled masons moved from place to place to assist in building the magnificent sacred structures--cathedrals, abbeys, etc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Checker: Patrice