Both Uses of
abbey
in
The War of the Worlds
- Not only along the road through Barnet, but also through Edgware and Waltham Abbey, and along the roads eastward to Southend and Shoeburyness, and south of the Thames to Deal and Broadstairs, poured the same frantic rout.†
Chpt 1.17
- Here there were rumours of Martians at Epping, and news of the destruction of Waltham Abbey Powder Mills in a vain attempt to blow up one of the invaders.†
Chpt 1.17 *
Definition:
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(abbey) a building where monks or nuns live or lived