abbey

Possessives

• grange: These related to the administration of the abbey's estates and culminated in the loss of the abbey's grange at Micklethwaite.
• holding: Aelred was also responsible for increasing the abbey's holdings and expanding Rievaulx's circle of benefactors.

Converse of object

• ruin: To the left, a ruined abbey, its empty arches framing sky; to the right, a lonely monument on a hill.
• found: In Saxon times, King Offa founded an abbey at Bath, where King Edgar was crowned in 973.
• surrender: Abbot Richard Contour surrendered the abbey in July 1539.
• build: He then hired England's foremost architect, James Wyatt, to build a medieval abbey for him to live in.
• visit: Local Residents Passes To enable local residents to enjoy visiting the abbey, we offer an annual pass that allows free entry all year.
• enter: Born at Lydgate, Suffolk, John Lydgate entered the Benedictine abbey of Bury St Edmunds at fifteen.

Adjective modifier

• cistercian: The ' white gate ' belonged to Vale Royal Abbey, once the largest Cistercian abbey in England.
• Benedictine: The Benedictine abbeys which line the route are all worth a look.
• Augustinian: Heraldry, Abbey Strand Within little more than a decade the monastery had been elevated to an Augustinian abbey.
• medieval: Among later finds were two small jet crosses, probably pendants, from the time of the medieval abbey.
• ancient: Now partly in ruins, the ancient abbey is still a magic place for many.
• wealthy: Tavistock Abbey Once the largest and wealthiest abbeys in Southwest England, most of Tavistock Abbey now lies in an L-shaped ruin.

Modifies a noun

• precinct: Ninevah Farm now occupies the site of Fountains ' former grange of Morker, which stood to the south of the abbey precinct.
• grange: The home grange was generally the largest and closest of the abbey granges.
• ruin: Near the abbey ruins stands the partly Norman parish church of St Mary.
• church: Running along the north side of the abbey church, where the original cloister would have been, a garden has been laid out.
• gate: The Porter The porter, or his helper, manned the abbey gate from Lauds to Compline each day.
• estate: They were supported by peasants in the abbey estates.