different between manse vs abbey

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mæns/
• Rhymes: -æns

Etymology 1

From Middle English mansien, apheretic variant of amansien, from Old English ?m?nsumian (“to excommunicate”). More at amanse.

Verb

manse (third-person singular simple present manses, present participle mansing, simple past and past participle mansed)

1. (transitive) To excommunicate; curse.

Etymology 2

From Medieval Latin mansus (“dwelling”), from Latin manere (“to remain”), whence also manor, mansion. Doublet of mas.

Noun

manse (plural manses)

1. A house inhabited by the minister of a parish.

   Coordinate terms: vicarage, rectory, parsonage
2. (archaic) A family dwelling, an owner-occupied house.
3. A large house, a mansion.

Quotations

• circa 1890: George Otto Trevelyan, Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay

  All favourable hereditary influences, both intellectual and moral, are assured by a genealogy which derives from a Scotch Manse.

Related terms

• manor
• mansion
• child of the manse
• son of the manse
• daughter of the manse

Translations

Anagrams

• Means, Mensa, Seman, amens, manes, means, mensa, mesna, names, namés, neams, ñames

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -anse
• Hyphenation: màn?se

Adjective

manse

1. feminine plural of manso

Latin

Participle

m?nse

1. vocative masculine singular of m?nsus

English

Etymology

From A.D. 1250 in Middle English abbey, abbeye (“convent headed by an abbot”) (compare archaic English abbaye), itself borrowed from Old French abaïe, abbaïe, abeïe, abbeïe (Modern French abbaye) from Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin abb?tia, from Classical Latin abb?s (“abbot”). Doublet of abbacy. See abbot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æb.i/
• Rhymes: -æbi

Noun

abbey (plural abbeys)

1. The office or dominion of an abbot or abbess. [First attested around 1150 to 1350.]
2. 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. [First attested around 1150 to 1350.]

3. The church of a monastery. [First attested around 1150 to 1350.]
4. (British) A residence that was previously an abbatial building.[Mid 16^th century.]

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• cloister
• convent
• friary
• monastery
• nunnery
• priory

References

• abbey in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• bebay

Middle English

Alternative forms

• abbeye, abbeie, abbay, abbegh

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French abaie; from Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin abb?tia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?b?i?(?)/, /a?bi?(?)/

Noun

abbey (plural abbeyes)

1. An abbey (a building or monastic institution).
2. The church located inside a monastery.
3. (rare) Abbotship; abbacy.

Descendants

• English: abbey
• Scots: abbey, aibey

References

• “abbeie, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-07.