What is the difference between celibacy and abbey?
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Abstaining from marriage; the state of being unmarried.
Abstaining from sexual relations.
The office or dominion of an abbot or abbess.
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.
The church of a monastery.
(UK) A residence that was previously an abbatial building.
(capitalized) In London, the Abbey is short for Westminster Abbey, and in Scotland, the precincts of the Abbey of Holyrood.
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As nouns the difference between celibacy and abbey
is that celibacy is abstaining from marriage; the state of being unmarried while abbey is the office or dominion of an abbot or abbess {{defdate|first attested around 1150 to 1350}}.celibacy
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(wikipedia celibacy)Alternative forms
* (archaic)Noun
(-)See also
* abstinence * asexuality * chaste * chastity * purity * bachelordomExternal links
* *abbey
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Noun
(en noun)- From 1199 to 1203 William Punchard was the abbot of the abbey of Rievaulx, which was part of the Cistercian order of monks.
