abbey
Pronunciation
[change]- (UK) IPA (key): /ˈæb.i/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: ab‧bey
Noun
[change]- (countable) An abbey is a building where monks or nuns live, or used to live.
- After working in the fields, the monks went back to the abbey.
- (countable) An abbey is a church which was once part of an abbey.