| 单词 | abbey-stead |
| 释义 | > as lemmasabbey-stead abbey-stead n. now historical and rare the site or grounds of a (former) abbey; an estate belonging to an abbey. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > monastic property (general) > monastery or convent > [noun] minstereOE monklifeeOE clausterc1000 abbotricOE house?a1160 anchor-house?c1225 religion?c1225 abbeyc1300 nunneryc1300 house (also abbey) of religiona1325 nunryc1325 closterc1330 cloister1340 monasterya1425 monk-house?c1475 friars1479 convent1528 guild1546 prioressy1575 abbey-stead1620 minchery1710 reclusory1821 akhara1838 house of piety1838 kloster1844 1620 R. Dodsworth in J. R. Walbran Mem. Abbey St. Mary Fountains (1863) I. 99 A Chapell a flight shott distant from the abbey stead, called the Chapell in the wood. 1791 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. VIII. 133 (note) This tumulus would be made the repository of the bones and consecrated earth that would be found in the Abbey-Steads. 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe III. iii. 67 It is a rich abbey-stede, and they do live upon the fat. 1881 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 415 By the spoliation of many sees and abbeysteads he had become enormously wealthy, both in lands and in money. 1965 A. Norton Year of Unicorn ii. 23 To govern any Abbey-stead was a task demanding wit and force of character. < as lemmas |
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