A large Gothic church, on the scale of a cathedral, next to the Houses of Parliament in London; the traditional place of coronation and burial of English monarchs.

A diminutive of the female given name Abigail, from Hebrew. / A diminutive of the male given name Albert, from the Germanic languages. / A British surname. / (London) Westminster Abbey.

(rare, obsolete, euphemistic) A bawd, the mistress of a brothel.

plural of abbey

(obsolete, historical, derogatory) An able-bodied idler who grew sleek and fat from the charity of religious houses; a lazy monk.

(archaeology, dated) Of or relating to any of various early Paleolithic sites, particularly in Europe, that are characterized by the presence of bifacial stone axes.

(archaeology, dated) The earliest epoch of the early Paleolithic stage or tradition characterized by the presence of bifacial stone axes, especially in Europe.

plural of abbess

(slang, of a person) Having visible abdominal muscles; having abs. / (slang, of a person, in combination, by extension) Having abdominal muscles of a specified kind.

simple past tense and past participle of ab