abbey

noun5

1. •
   A monastery or society of people, secluded from the world and devoted to religion and celibacy, which is headed by an abbot or abbess; also, the monastic building or buildings.

   • From 1199 to 1203 William Punchard was the abbot of the abbey of Rievaulx, which was part of the Cistercian order of monks.
2. •
   The church of a monastery.
3. •
   (UK) A residence that was previously an abbatial building.
4. •
   The office or dominion of an abbot or abbess.
5. •
   (dialect) The abele or white poplar (Populus alba).

   • Ab'bey. The great white poplar: one of the varieties of the Populus alba. — 1825