noun, plural ab·beys.
How do you use abbey in a sentence?
a monastery ruled by an abbot.
- We were going to a concert in Bath Abbey.
- Then he came to a white abbey.
- The great gates of the abbey were shut fast.
- British kings are crowned in Westminster Abbey.
- We glimpsed the ruined abbey from the windows of the train.
- The abbey walls gleamed golden in the light of the setting sun.
What does Abby mean?
In Hebrew Baby Names the meaning of the name Abby is: Father rejoiced, or father's joy. Gives joy. The intelligent, beautiful Abigail was Old Testament King David's third wife, described as 'good in discretion and beautiful in form.
