出典:Wiktionary
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 abbātia, from Classical Latin abbās (“abbot”). Doublet of abbacy and Opatija. See abbot.
abbey (複数形 abbeys)
a temple
宗教界.
the pulpit
a church
the brewage
a tenantless temple
a building built in the 'taishazukuri' style of shrine construction
the bench