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abbey

noun as in building that houses monks, nuns, or priests; church

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Dr Hoyle asked the abbey's stonemason to add the dots and its conservator to paint them.

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A Welsh abbey has commissioned an independent review into alleged historical child sex abuse.

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This time the photo was a woman in front of a ruined abbey, her face artfully turned away from the camera.

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The first exhibition, curated by artist Nephertiti Schandorf, examines historical female leadership and the role of the abbess, the head of an abbey of nuns.

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He was assigned to sit two rows behind his brother, arrived at the abbey alone and left alone.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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