Both Uses of
abbey
in
Henry VIII
- Among the crowds i' the Abbey, where a finger Could not be wedg'd in more.†
Scene 4.1 *
- At last, with easy roads, he came to Leicester, Lodg'd in the abbey; where the reverend abbot, With all his covent, honourably receiv'd him; To whom he gave these words: "O, father abbot, An old man, broken with the storms of state, Is come to lay his weary bones among ye; Give him a little earth for charity!"†
Scene 4.2
Definition:
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(abbey) a building where monks or nuns live or lived