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Synonyms for abbey

Most common

monastery convent priory cloister

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    The office or dominion of an abbot or abbess.

Related words

Phrases
abbey counter abbey token

Forms

Plural
abbeys → monasteries, convents, priories, cloisters…

Example sentences

  • monastery I'd rather live in a monastery with Internet access.
  • convent Rima visited a convent in the middle of the island.
  • cloister What's the difference between a cloister and a church?

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
abbeyrising
monasteryrising
conventrising
prioryfalling
cloisterrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

6 letters
priory3
7 letters
convent2, nunnery3
8 letters
cloister2
9 letters
monastery4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (priory3 = 3 syllables).

In other languages

Français
abbaye
Italiano
abbazia
Español
abadía
Deutsch
Abtei