abbey

Summary

abbey ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,820 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• abbey's religion is recorded as Christianity^[2].
• abbey is a type of monastery^[3].
• abbey is a type of religious complex^[4].
• abbey is a type of monastic community^[5].
• abbey's Commons category is recorded as Abbeys^[6].
• abbey's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Abbeys^[7].
• abbey's Commons gallery is recorded as Abbey^[8].
• abbey's described by source is recorded as The Catholic Encyclopedia^[9].
• abbey's described by source is recorded as Orthodox Theological Encyclopedia^[10].
• abbey's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedic Lexicon^[11].
• abbey's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[12].
• abbey's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[13].
• abbey's described by source is recorded as England in Particular^[14].
• abbey's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[15].
• abbey's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary^[16].
• abbey's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[17].
• abbey's described by source is recorded as Full Orthodox theological dictionary^[18].
• abbey's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary^[19].
• abbey's described by source is recorded as The Encyclopedia Americana^[20].
• abbey's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition^[21].
• abbey's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1^[22].
• abbey's equivalent class is recorded as http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Abbey^[23].
• abbey's different from is recorded as Opactwo^[24].
• abbey's position held by head of the organization is recorded as abbot^[25].
• abbey's position held by head of the organization is recorded as abbess^[26].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include monastery^[3], religious complex^[4], and monastic community^[5].

Why It Matters

abbey ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,820 views/month).^[1] abbey has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[27] abbey is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]