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Topic: CHRISTIANITY

Date: 1200-1300
Language: Old French
Origin: abaïe, from Late Latin abbatia, from abbas; ABBOT

abbey

 noun
     
ab‧bey [countable]
RRC a large church with buildings next to it where monks and nuns live or used to live
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