Abbey - Wikipedia
An abbey is a type of monastery used by members of a religious order under the governance of an abbot or abbess. Abbeys provide a complex of buildings and land for religious activities, work, and housing of Christian or Buddhist monks and nuns.
Abbey | Definition, History, Arrangement, & Examples | Britannica
abbey, group of buildings housing a monastery or convent, centred on an abbey church or cathedral, and under the direction of an abbot or abbess. In this sense, an abbey consists of a complex of buildings serving the needs of a self-contained religious community.
ABBEY Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of ABBEY is a monastery ruled by an abbot. How to use abbey in a sentence.
ABBEY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
ABBEY definition: 1. a building where monks or nuns live or used to live. Some abbeys are now used as churches: 2. a…. Learn more.
Mepkin Abbey - Trappist Monastery, Moncks Corner, South ...
Mepkin Abbey is a community of Roman Catholic monks established in 1949 on the site of the historic Mepkin Plantation located on the Cooper River, north of Charleston, South Carolina.
The Layout of a Medieval Abbey - World History Encyclopedia
An abbey is called an abbey because the leader of the religious community was called an 'abba', from where our word 'abbot' or 'abbess' derives, the leader of the abbey.
Home - Mount Angel Abbey
The monks of Mount Angel Abbey in Oregon form a Benedictine community founded in 1882 from the Abbey of Engelberg in Switzerland. We maintain a monastic tradition that has been a vital part of the Roman Catholic Church for more than 1,500 years.
Benedictine Abbey of Newark
Vowed to stability and deeply committed to pursuit of God and service to the Church in the heart of urban New Jersey, monastic life at Newark Abbey is one of the country's most unique witnesses to the Light of Faith.
Explore Irish Castles Sites in Conemara | Kylemore abbey
Visit Kylemore Abbey Irish Castles in Connemara—an Irish Benedictine estate with gardens,, neo-Gothic Church, and rich heritage in Ireland’s west...
Abbey of Gethsemani – A School of the Lord's Service
Following Christ under a rule and an abbot, we Trappist monks lead lives of prayer, work and sacred reading, steeped in the heart and mystery of the Church. The Abbey is a monastery in the Order of the Cistercians of the Strict Observance (OCSO), part of the body of the Roman Catholic Church.
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