abbey
C1054
concept
An abbey is a religious complex of buildings, typically housing a community of monks or nuns, centered around worship, communal living, and spiritual practice under an abbot or abbess.
All labels observed (18)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| monastery | 183 |
| Benedictine monastery | 157 |
| convent | 69 |
| abbey canonical | 68 |
| Cathedral | 58 |
| monastic community | 38 |
| monastery complex | 28 |
| monastic order | 23 |
| medieval abbey | 16 |
| abbey church | 14 |
| medieval structure | 13 |
| Benedictine abbey | 12 |
| Imperial abbey | 8 |
| imperial abbey | 5 |
| royal peculiar | 3 |
| former Premonstratensian abbey | 1 |
| hilltop abbey | 1 |
| territorial abbey | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: abbey
Generated description
An abbey is a religious complex of buildings, typically housing a community of monks or nuns, centered around worship, communal living, and spiritual practice under an abbot or abbess.
Instances (659)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Catedral de Huancayo | Cathedral |
| Ramsey Abbey | Benedictine monastery |
| Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament | monastery complex |
| Abbey of Fontevivo | — |
|
Maria Laach Abbey
linked to:
Maria Laach
|
Benedictine monastery |
| Maria Laach Abbey | Benedictine monastery |
| St. Procopius Abbey | Benedictine monastery |
| Benedictine monastery of Westminster | Benedictine monastery |
|
Psijic Order
linked to:
Psijic Order (historical influence)
|
monastic order |
| Bergen Cathedral | Cathedral |
| Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay | monastery |
| Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe | abbey church |
|
Kladruby Monastery
linked to:
Kladruby
|
Benedictine monastery |
| St. Mary’s Cathedral, Jalandhar | Cathedral |
| Abbey of Saints Peter and Paul in Wissembourg | Benedictine monastery |
|
Echternach Abbey
linked to:
Echternach Abbey (site)
|
Benedictine monastery |
|
Abbey of Lobbes
linked to:
Lobbes
|
Benedictine monastery |
| Kecharis Monastery | monastery complex |
| Psijic Order | monastic order |
| Abbey of Zwiefalten | Benedictine monastery |
| Chorin Abbey | — |
| Badia Fiesolana | monastery complex |
| Kabale Cathedral | Cathedral |
|
Abbey of Nonantola
linked to:
Nonantola
|
Benedictine monastery |
| Debre Damo Monastery | monastery |
| Monastery of Sant Pere de Galligants | monastery |
| Saint Vincent Outside the Walls | monastery |
| Sergiev-Kazan Cathedral | Cathedral |
| Echt Carmel | monastery |
| Abbey of Haddington | — |
| Gradac Monastery | convent |
| Abbey of Nogent-sous-Coucy | Benedictine monastery |
| Belur Math | monastery |
| Prince-Abbey of Fulda | imperial abbey |
| St. Victor’s Cathedral | Cathedral |
| Abbaye-aux-Hommes, Caen | Benedictine monastery |
| Carmo Convent | convent |
| Order of Saint Jerome | monastic order |
| Arbroath Abbey | Benedictine monastery |
|
Melrose Abbey
linked to:
Melrose
|
— |
| Saint Vincent Archabbey | monastery |
| St Michael's Abbey, Farnborough | Benedictine monastery |
| Abbey of Saint-Germain d’Auxerre | Benedictine monastery |
|
Certosa di Pavia
linked to:
Pavia
|
monastery |
|
Fontevraud Abbey
linked to:
Fontevraud Abbey, Anjou, France
|
Benedictine abbey |
| Eynsham Abbey | Benedictine monastery |
|
Inchcolm Abbey
linked to:
Inchcolm
|
medieval abbey |
|
Frauenkirche (Munich)
linked to:
Frauenkirche
|
Cathedral |
|
Ganina Yama
linked to:
Ganina Yama area near Yekaterinburg
|
monastery complex |
| Abbey of Middelburg | — |