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Latest revision as of 12:53, 5 May 2006
An Abbey is a Christian monastery governed by an Abbot or Abbess. It is effectively the same as a priory, except that the latter is governed by a prior.
In England many abbeys were destroyed in the 16th century when Henry VIII enacted the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
Famous Abbeys
- Clairvaux Abbey
- Westminster Abbey
