Usage examples for Abbeys:

• Carefully written articles by recognised authorities are included on history, castles, abbeys biography, romantic episodes, legendary lore, traditional stories, curious customs, folk- lore, etc. "Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland" – Daniel Scott

• It was not the oldest nor the richest of Abbeys in the county, but in some ways it was the noblest foundation of all. "Highways and Byways in Surrey" – Eric Parker

• It was in this way that we came to tell Christian legends and to talk of saints and hermits, of old abbeys and minsters, of visions and miracles and the ministry of Angels. "A Child's Book of Saints" – William Canton