abbey
/ˈæbi/noun
उच्चारण ऐबी
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Core word
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a large church together with a group of buildings in which monks or nuns live or lived in the past
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- Westminster Abbey
- We visited an old abbey in Wales that was built by medieval monks.
- The ruined abbey stands on a hill above the village.
+ 2 more examples
- Tourists queue to visit the famous abbey in London.
- Monks once lived and prayed in this abbey.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
abbey (countable noun) + of / at
Abbey is countable; name a place with at or in, and name the order or saint with of.
'Abbey' countable noun है; स्थान बताने के लिए 'at' या 'in' और संप्रदाय या संत के नाम के लिए 'of' आता है।
- The monks of the abbey grew vegetables in the garden.
- We stayed at an abbey in the hills.
Abbey as part of a proper name
In a proper name, Abbey takes a capital letter and usually follows the place: Westminster Abbey, Bath Abbey.
Proper name में 'Abbey' capital letter से शुरू होता है और प्रायः स्थान के नाम के बाद आता है: Westminster Abbey।
- Westminster Abbey is open to visitors every day.
abbey + abbot / abbess
An abbey is headed by an abbot (a man) or an abbess (a woman); do not confuse it with abbot.
Abbey का प्रमुख abbot (पुरुष) या abbess (महिला) होता है; 'abbey' को 'abbot' से न मिलाइए।
- The abbess welcomed the pilgrims at the gate.
ruined / former abbey
Many old abbeys are now ruins or museums, so adjectives like ruined and former are common.
कई पुराने abbeys अब खंडहर या संग्रहालय हैं, इसलिए ruined और former जैसे adjective आम हैं।
- The ruined abbey is a popular picnic spot.
abbey vs monastery vs convent
An abbey is a monastery or convent ruled by an abbot or abbess; monastery is for monks and convent is for nuns.
Abbey वह monastery या convent है जिसका प्रमुख abbot या abbess हो; monastery भिक्षुओं के लिए और convent भिक्षुणियों के लिए है।
- The abbey once housed two hundred monks.
+Collocations 5
adjective + abbey
medievalruinedancientBenedictinehistoric
- A medieval abbey stands on the hill above the village.
verb + abbey
visitfoundbuildtourrestore
- The king founded an abbey in memory of his queen.
abbey + noun
churchbellsgardenwallstower
- The abbey bells rang at dawn.
people of an abbey
monksnunsabbotabbesspilgrims
- The nuns of the abbey run a small school.
abbey + preposition
in the abbeyat the abbeynear the abbeybehind the abbey
- They had a picnic near the abbey.
“More examples 6
- Radhika read about a ruined abbey in her English textbook.
राधिका ने अपनी English की पाठ्यपुस्तक में एक खंडहर abbey के बारे में पढ़ा।
- The monks lived a quiet life inside the abbey walls.
भिक्षु abbey की दीवारों के भीतर शांत जीवन बिताते थे।
- Tourists queue every morning to enter the famous abbey.
पर्यटक हर सुबह प्रसिद्ध abbey में प्रवेश के लिए कतार लगाते हैं।
- The abbey was turned into a museum after the monks left.
भिक्षुओं के चले जाने के बाद abbey को संग्रहालय बना दिया गया।
- He wrote an essay on the history of an old abbey.
उसने एक पुराने abbey के इतिहास पर निबंध लिखा।
- The tour guide told us the abbey was founded in the twelfth century.
मार्गदर्शक ने बताया कि abbey बारहवीं शताब्दी में स्थापित हुआ था।
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General knowledge
Westminster Abbey (London) is where British monarchs are crowned.
Westminster Abbey (लंदन) में ब्रिटिश सम्राटों का राज्याभिषेक होता है।