abbeys
Monks' religious residences
Abbeys is the plural of abbey, a building or complex housing a community of monks or nuns under an abbot or abbess.
Many historic abbeys survive as churches, ruins, or tourist sites: Westminster Abbey, the abbeys of Yorkshire.
The word sometimes names grand estates built on former monastery grounds.
Covered monastery walkways
- naveChurch's main interior
- chancelAltar-adjacent clergy space
- apseVaulted church recess
- transeptChurch's lateral wing
vaults · buttresses · flying buttresses · spires · rose-window · gargoyles · columns · arcades
Cloistered religious living
- BenedictineMonk following ancient rule
- FranciscanMendicant order member
- DominicanPreaching order member
- TrappistMonk of austere order
monks · nuns · abbots · abbesses · prayer · contemplation · liturgy · vespers
Breaking up completely
- ReformationReligious movement splitting Christianity
- manuscriptsHandwritten or typed originals
- illuminatedMade visible by light
- chroniclesSequential historical accounts
heritage · pilgrimages · medieval · feudalism · charterhouses · scholasticism · Henry VIII · ruins
Protected sacred space
- solitudeState of being alone
- seclusionVoluntary withdrawal from society
- cloisteredSheltered from outside contact
- retreatSanctuary or withdrawal
refuge · quietude · peacefulness · contemplation · silence · stillness · withdrawal · meditation
cloisters
Covered monastery walkways
transept · vaults · buttresses · flying buttresses · spires · rose-window · gargoyles · columns · arcades · narthex
monasticism
Cloistered religious living
- BenedictineMonk following ancient rule
- FranciscanMendicant order member
- DominicanPreaching order member
Trappist · monks · nuns · abbots · abbesses · prayer · contemplation · liturgy · vespers · matins
dissolution
Breaking up completely
- ReformationReligious movement splitting Christianity
- manuscriptsHandwritten or typed originals
- illuminatedMade visible by light
chronicles · heritage · pilgrimages · medieval · feudalism · charterhouses · scholasticism · Henry VIII · ruins · foundations
sanctuary
Protected sacred space
- solitudeState of being alone
- seclusionVoluntary withdrawal from society
- cloisteredSheltered from outside contact
retreat · refuge · quietude · peacefulness · contemplation · silence · stillness · withdrawal · meditation · respite
- cultural heritagefolklore, traditions, customs, folk music revival, museum collections
- Medieval Eraknights, Middle Ages, castles, feudal lords, medieval period
- religious organizationsBaptist churches, congregations, Methodist churches, Methodist Church, parishes
- church historychurch history, apostles, Protestant Reformation, Christian history, baptism
- American Catholicismarchdiocese, parish council, archdioceses, Catholic school, Catholic schools
- Church Bodiesarchdiocese, diocese, dioceses, bishopric, parishes
abbeysparish churches
Local Christian worship buildings
chapels · village churches · storefront churches · oratories · mission churches
abbeysbrothels
Establishments for paid sex
casinos · marketplaces · taverns · factories · nightclubs
abbeysmarketplaces
Venues for commercial exchange
trading posts · bazaars · public squares · agoras · forums
- Downton AbbeyBritish period drama series
- Westminster AbbeyHistoric London royal church
- Abbey RoadLondon recording studio street
- Abbey Road StudiosHistoric London recording facility
- medieval abbeyHistoric monastic religious community
- ruined abbeyDestroyed religious house remains