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The church of a monastery.
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A porch or waiting room, usually at the west end of an abbey church, where the monks collected on returning from processions, where bodies were laid previous to interment, and where women were allowed to see the monks to whom they were related, or to hear divine service. Also, frequently applied to the porch of a church, as at Ely and Durham cathedrals.
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One of a class of bishops whose sees were formerly abbeys.
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of Abbey
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An inclosed place; especially, a small field or piece of land surrounded by a wall, hedge, or fence of any kind; -- specifically, the precinct of a cathedral or abbey.
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A monastery or society of persons of either sex, secluded from the world and devoted to religion and celibacy; also, the monastic building or buildings.
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A religious house presided over by a prior or prioress; -- sometimes an offshoot of, an subordinate to, an abbey, and called also cell, and obedience. See Cell, 2.
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In an abbey or monastery, the room set apart for writing or copying manuscripts; in general, a room devoted to writing.
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An allowance of meat, drink, or clothing due from an abbey or other religious house for the sustenance of such of the king's servants as he may designate to receive it.
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A woman who acts as chief in a convent, abbey, or nunnery; a lady superior.
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A foul back street of a city, especially one filled with a poor, dirty, degraded, and often vicious population; any low neighborhood or dark retreat; -- usually in the plural; as, Westminster slums are haunts for theives.
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A printing office, said to be so called because printing was first carried on in England in a chapel near Westminster Abbey.
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A building or room of considerable size and stateliness, used for public purposes; as, Westminster Hall, in London.
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A district granted to an abbey.
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The Privy Council room at Westminster; -- so called because built on the site of the cockpit of Whitehall palace.
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A cell annexed to an abbey, for the use of a hermit.
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The superior or head of an abbey.
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The head of a monastery, convent, abbey, or the like.
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Solemn state or feeling; awe or reverence; also, that which produces such a feeling; as, the solemnity of an audience; the solemnity of Westminster Abbey.
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