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Abbey

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.

Monastic origins of the abbey, Benedictine abbeys in England & Reforms at the Abbey of Cluny

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Monastic origins of the abbey

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Benedictine abbeys in England

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Reforms at the Abbey of Cluny

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Augustinian abbeys

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Monastic origins of the abbey

Benedictine abbeys in England

Reforms at the Abbey of Cluny

Abbeys of the Augustinian Canons

Augustinian abbeys

Cistercian abbeys

Copts

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Abbey

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related to Sources · 42
Abbey → A-K, Amsterdam, Baruch, Birt, Cambridge University Press, Carta, Charles, Civilization, Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary, Culture, Dealing, Edmund, Elsevier, Encyclopædia Britannica, English, English Language, Ernest, Haifa, Hebrew, Hebrew Language
related to Premonstratensians (Norbertians) · 38
Abbey → AD, Aleppo, Augustinian, Bayham Old Abbey, Coucy, Denys Pringle, Easby Abbey, England, Even, Forest, From, Humber, It, Its, Jerusalem, Just, Kent, Kingdom, Laon, Lincolnshire
related to Reforms at the Abbey of Cluny · 24
Abbey → AD, Aquitaine, At, By, Christendom, Cluny, Duke, France, However, Hugh, It, Middle Ages, Pope Innocent II, Romanesque, Rome, Rule, Saint Benedict, Saône-et-Loire, St Peter's Basilica, The
related to Cistercian abbeys · 23
Abbey → Abbot, AD, All, Benedictine, Burgundy, Cistercian, Clairvaux, Clos-Vougeot, Cîteaux, Cîteaux's, La Ferté, Molesme, Morimond, Only, Pontigny, Robert, Romanée, Rule, Saint Benedict, The
related to Abbeys of the Augustinian Canons · 22
Abbey → AD, At, Austin, Black, Bolton, Bolton Abbey, Brinkburn Priory, Catholic, Christchurch, Colchester, Dorset, Essex, In, Kirkham Priory, Lanercost Priory, Llanthony Priory, Sometimes, St Botolph's Priory, The, The Augustinian
related to Adoption of the Roman villa plan · 22
Abbey → AD, All, Benedict, Benedictine, Between, By, Constance, Council, England, France, Italy, Monasticism, Monte Cassino, Near Nursia, Nursia, Perugia, Roman, Roman Empire, Spain, The
related to British Cluniac houses · 21
Abbey → Abbot, AD, All, Britain, Cluniac, Cluny, Earl, England, English, French, In, It, Lewes, Paisley, Pope, Scotland, Surrey, Sussex, The, Warenne
related to Benedictine abbeys in England · 18
Abbey → Benedictine, Canterbury, Chester, Durham, Ely, England, Gloucester, Many, Normans, Norwich, Peterborough, Rochester, Shrewsbury Abbey, Shropshire, St Albans, These, Winchester, Worcester
related to St Mary's Abbey, York · 15
Abbey → Close, England's, English, In, It, Near, Order, Saint Benedict, St Mary's Abbey, The, The Abbey, The River Ouse, This, York, Yorkshire Museum
related to Abbey of St Gall · 12
Abbey → Abbey's, According, AD, Benedictine, For, In, On, Robert Willis, Saint Gall, Switzerland, The, The Abbey

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Abbeyis atype of monastery used by members of a religious order under the governance of an abbot or abbess0.90text
the churchinstance ofThere were nearby large halls0.80text
refectoryinstance ofThere were nearby large halls0.80text
kitcheninstance ofThere were nearby large halls0.80text
infirmaryinstance ofThere were nearby large halls0.80text
and guest house for the monk's common needsinstance ofThere were nearby large halls0.80text
the churchinstance ofeach had a covered cloister surrounded by the usual buildings0.80text
the refectoryinstance ofeach had a covered cloister surrounded by the usual buildings0.80text
the dormitoryinstance ofeach had a covered cloister surrounded by the usual buildings0.80text
so oninstance ofeach had a covered cloister surrounded by the usual buildings0.80text
Abbeyrelated to Abbey of St GallThe0.60section
Abbeyrelated to Abbey of St GallSaint Gall0.60section

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