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abbaye

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English

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Noun

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abbaye (plural abbayes)

  1. Archaic form of abbey.
    • 1795, A History and Description of the Royal Abbaye of Saint Denis, page 71:
      [] his coronation robes, &c. were deposited in the Abbaye; []

References

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  • Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 2

French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French abbaïe, from Old French abaïe, from Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin abbatia.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /a.be.i/, /a.bɛ.i/ ~ /a.be.i/
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Noun

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abbaye f (plural abbayes)

  1. abbey
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Further reading

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Norman

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Etymology

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From Old French abaïe, from Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin abbatia.

Noun

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abbaye f (plural abbayes)

  1. (Jersey) abbey
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