abbaye

English

Noun

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

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

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.be.i/, /a.bɛ.i/

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Noun

abbaye f (plural abbayes)

1. abbey

Related terms

• abbé
• abbesse

Further reading

• “abbaye”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norman

Etymology

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

Noun

abbaye f (plural abbayes)

1. (Jersey) abbey

Related terms

• abbé (“abbot”)
• abbêsse (“abbess”)