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单词 abbey
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abbey
noun[C]
uk
/ˈæb.i/us
/ˈæb.i/
abuildingwheremonksornunsliveor used tolive. Some abbeys are now used aschurches:
大修道院；大寺院；大教堂
WestminsterAbbey威斯敏斯特大教堂
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  • Weglimpsedtheruinedabbey from thewindowsof thetrain.
  • The abbey wascompletelyrebuiltin 1503 after it had beendestroyedbyfire.
  • The town'sfamerestsonitsbeautiful14th-century abbey.
  • The abbey wasrecentlyrestoredafterdecadesofdisuse.
  • Wewalkedthrough theruinsof the abbey.
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Religious people: monks & nuns
(Definition ofabbeyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

abbey| American Dictionary

abbey
noun[C]
us
/ˈæb·i/
abuildingformonks(=religiousmen)ornuns(=religiouswomen)tolivein
(Definition ofabbeyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Apparently, theabbeyhad suffered from the loss of seasonal pastures, a recurring but disastrous phenomenon.
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The cry went up among theabbeyparty that the mayor intended to remove the sanctuary men.
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Theabbeywas to achieve a much clearer victory in 1120.
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Some bishops accumulated the revenues from six large abbeys.
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From the mid-fourteenth century the abbey's manors had been farmed out wholesale including demesne, rent roll and court perquisites.
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The first three houses were abbeys, the last a priory.
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Most of the original windows of theabbeyhave been filled with masonry, so lighting conditions in the interior can be difficult.
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There are a number of possible reasons for the abbey's surprising absence from most religious histories of the period.
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In my view, a comparison with the creation of abbeys is inappropriate.
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While theabbeycould thus expect to come under the gaze of the political nation, it also exerted a more direct influence over the locality.
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Commercial life was also stimulated by theabbey.
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Stevens took the opportunity to complain of the abbey's alleged transgressions.
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That theabbeydid not accept this offer is a clear indication of its long-term priorities regarding policy.
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They targeted theabbeybecause the saint's jurisdiction adjoined their minster and presumably in the hope of its patronage.
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The abbeys were not reserved for the clergy, they were distributed among the nobility, to women and even to children as additional sources of income.
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