What is the difference between monastery and abbey?
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Place of residence for members of a religious community (especially monks).
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 monastery and abbey
is that monastery is place of residence for members of a religious community (especially monks) while abbey is the office or dominion of an abbot or abbess.As a proper noun Abbey is
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(wikipedia monastery)Noun
(monasteries)See also
* abbey * cloister * convent * friaryAnagrams
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(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.
