abbey

/ˈæb.i/noun
High School
1

The office or dominion of an abbot or abbess.

2

A monastery or society of people, secluded from the world and devoted to religion and celibacy, which is headed by an abbot or abbess; also, the monastic building or buildings.

3

The church of a monastery.

4

A residence that was previously an abbatial building.

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