(n.) A monastery or society of persons of either sex, secluded from the world and devoted to religion and celibacy; also, the monastic building or buildings.
(n.) The church of a monastery.
Example Sentences:
(1) That was long after the demolition of nearby Hyde Abbey, where he was originally buried with his son and other members of his family more than 1,000 years ago.
(2) A Benn family spokesperson said: "At the suggestion of the Speaker of the House of Commons and by agreement with the Lords Speaker, Black Rod and the dean of Westminster Abbey, an approach was made by Black Rod to the palace for agreement that Mr Benn's body rest in the chapel of St Mary Undercroft on the night before his funeral.
(3) He was tied in initially for three years, but has stayed, because of Downton Abbey , and because of the way crossfertilisation of the two business systems works in a period of globalisation of TV production, which assists expensive drama production.
(4) Speculation increased in recent weeks that Adele had already recorded the Bond song following reports she was spotted entering Abbey Road studios.
(5) In London a candlelit vigil – which the government hopes will be emulated in churches, by other faiths and by families across the land – will be held at Westminster Abbey, ending with the last candle being extinguished at 11pm, the moment war was declared.
(6) 1928's Downton Abbey jewellery collection If it's the jewels and the glitz that gets you going on Downton, then you'll be pleased to know that you can emulate the luxury of Lady Edith from as little as £11.25 (via ACHICA) – though what Lady Mary would make of such cheap imitations doesn't bear thinking of.
(7) Downton Abbey and other high budget British television dramas are to be given tax breaks, which could be worth tens of millions of pounds a year, as the government attempts to prevent productions moving abroad.
(8) Beyond the sumptuous lifestyle spreads in glossies or the gift-strewn shop windows at Harrods and Selfridges, and Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop website , shows like Downton Abbey keep us in thrall to the idea of moolah, mansions and autocratic power.
(9) In love with Downton for far too long Facebook Twitter Pinterest Downton Abbey: loved for so long.
(10) Alan Johnson has a rare perspective on Westminster, in the very practical sense that his corner office affords some of the best views in town: the Abbey, parliament itself, Big Ben.
(11) "This significant investment in the British production sector helps support the UK's broader creative economy, with last night's Golden Globes win for Downton Abbey just one example of the vital role ITV1 plays in creating new drama successes and giving exposure to new writing, acting and production talent.
(12) Steve November, ITV's director of drama commissioning, said: "We are enormously happy to have Downton Abbey on ITV and we are delighted to be announcing this new series."
(13) On the outskirts of Sheffield there is a wood which, some 800 years ago, was used by the monks of Kirkstead Abbey to produce charcoal for smelting iron.
(14) Standard Chartered has pulled out, while Santander of Spain is expected to commit independently to lending targets for its Abbey, Alliance & Leicester and Bradford & Bingley arms.
(15) Botín's father, Emilio, executive chairman of the Santander group, was behind the takeover of Abbey National in 2004 and pounced on Alliance & Leicester and Bradford & Bingley during the 2008 banking crisis, in deals much envied by rivals.
(16) Although the migration of Abbey accounts on to Santander's IT system has been fraught with problems , with Isa and probate customers experiencing delays, Horta-Osório said changes since the takeover had allowed the introduction of better value products for its customers.
(17) An anonymous Panama entity, Palmarris Group SA, is listed as shareholder, while a Briton, 39-year-old "general builder" Neil Gaitely, from Abbey Wood, south London, whose name appears as a nominee on a variety of offshore and UK companies, is listed as a director.
(18) With Downton Abbey returning for a third series, this is a rivalry that is likely to run and run.
(19) As long ago as July 2007, Abbey's director of service quality, Vim Maru, told the Observer that "service has not been good enough", but its "action plan is on track".
(20) Abbey described the backlog as 'unexpected' and said it was bringing in extra staff to cope.
Monastic
Definition:
(n.) A monk.
(a.) Alt. of Monastical
Example Sentences:
(1) In fact, chromosomes do not even assemble kinetochore microtubules in the absence of a spindle pole, and kinetochore microtubules form only on kinetochores facing the pole when a monaster is present.
(2) The tiny room, furnished with a battered old desk and greasy-looking mattress, resembles a monastic cell.
(3) What others say “The most gifted woman now writing in English.” Philip Roth What she says “Writing is a monastic activity.
(4) But his proudest moment came in October, 1980 when he led the bishops in Rome for the Synod to Subiaco, where St Benedict began his monastic life.
(5) A sample population was selected randomly from a rural monastic settlement in southern India.
(6) Later, the centrosome becomes more distinct and organizes a radial microtubule shell, and eventually a compact centrosome at the egg center organizes a monaster.
(7) These observations demonstrate that chromosomes in a mitotic cytoplasm cannot organize a bipolar spindle in the absence of a spindle pole or even in the presence of a monaster.
(8) The degree of development attainable after three hours was dependent on the pH, with spirals forming at the threshold level of pH 7.0, monasters at pH 7.5, and at pH 8.5 cells formed cytasters, multipolar spindles and even completed multipolar divisions.
(9) "The reason Époisses and stuff like that exists is because of monastic traditions where the cheese was handled by people who weren't very sanitary," he says.
(10) By choosing Benedict, the previous pope signalled continuity with Benedict XV, who steered the Vatican through the first world war, and also with the original Saint Benedict who founded the Benedictine monastic order and is considered a pioneer of European education.
(11) For generations of children, the Vikings have been both wild savages (thanks to Anglo Saxon monastic chroniclers, and Horrible Histories) and emblematic of mythical forces, thanks to Tolkien and Pullman.
(12) By contrast, with taxol the number of non-kinetochore microtubules increased and the astral ejection force became stronger as shown by the finding that the chromosomes moved away from the pole to the periphery of the monaster.
(13) In some eggs a centrally localized monaster with chromosomes in sphere-like arrangement was formed in others a monopolar mitotic figure pushed the chromosomes in bowl-like arrangements to the most vegetal cortex.
(14) His monastic silence about the case means that, unusually for a retired politician, he took his secrets to the grave, and we might never know what he really made of the woman with whom he will be forever associated.
(15) He relished the privacy he was afforded here in an almost monastic way, but he was also a great party giver and host.
(16) The whole of higher education is stuck in a monastic time-warp.
(17) Moreover, arms severed from chromosomes at the periphery of the taxol monaster failed to move further away from the aster's center.
(18) Her habit is a long, paint-splattered shift; her monastic cell is her studio, where there are bare floorboards and almost no furniture.
(19) These monasters were subsequently observed to develop into bipolar M1 spindles and proceed through meiosis.
(20) Newsdesks across Britain raced to dispatch reporters to the City to watch the drama as, umm, traders stared nervously at electronic screens in monastic quiet: Rupert Neate at IG Photograph: Guardian The day turned into a rout, with over £43bn wiped off the FTSE 100.