A diminutive of the female given name Abigail, from Hebrew. / A diminutive of the male given name Albert, from the Germanic languages. / A British surname. / (London) Westminster Abbey.

plural of abbey

The office or dominion of an abbot or abbess.

That has an abbey

plural of abbey-lubber

A large Gothic church, on the scale of a cathedral, next to the Houses of Parliament in London; the traditional place of coronation and burial of English monarchs.

(obsolete, historical, derogatory) An able-bodied idler who grew sleek and fat from the charity of religious houses; a lazy monk.

A village in Rosedale, Ryedale district, North Yorkshire, England, named after the abbey that once stood there (OS grid ref SE7295).

A town, an abbey church and civil parish with a town council in Epping Forest district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL3800).

(obsolete) A medal presented to a pilgrim visiting a shrine