(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.
Priory
Definition:
(n.) A religious house presided over by a prior or prioress; -- sometimes an offshoot of, an subordinate to, an abbey, and called also cell, and obedience. See Cell, 2.
Example Sentences:
(1) Hence, a priori haplotyping cannot exclude a particular CF mutation, but in combination with population genetic data, enables mutations to be ranked by decreasing probability.
(2) The natural periodization has been established by analysis of the data dynamic series, the distribution of observation terms being made with regard for the a priori taken rate of changes of the parameters under study.
(3) The a priori probability of S1 and the response to S2 were independently varied.
(4) It must also be emphasized that abnormal growth is not always found after lesions even in situations which a priori appear appropriate.
(5) The latter approach does not assume an a priori mechanism of action but derives information from the establishment of relationships between structural features and carcinogenicity.
(6) The in vitro sensitivity of 132 gram positive and gram negative bacterial strains to Netilmycin and Ceftizoxime was assessed in order to update the statistics on the a priori efficacy of the antibacterial drugs.
(7) The four parameter logistic method, which is based on an approximation of the mass action law, performed better than the Spline method, a procedure which makes no a priori assumptions about the data.
(8) Both models are a priori designed to account for directly observed phenomena, and both are found to be able to simulate a posteriori certain observed phenomena, including persistent inactivation, increasing spike width, and decreasing after-polarization.
(9) The latter two models are parallel but have no obvious basis for a priori selectivity.
(10) With further signal processing and a priori knowledge of the attenuation and the velocity profiles, the compensated coefficients of the reflectivity function and the impedance profile are recovered.
(11) For these reasons the measurement of adducts to Hb and DNA constitutes a powerful epidemiological tool, applications of which has been initiated in work environments and the general environment and also in the search for a priori unknown carcinogens.
(12) This a priori dependence on pH dictates an increase in buffering power with decreasing ipH, and thereby interferes with the assessment of the physiologic capability of the intracellular milieu to buffer protons at different ipH levels.
(13) Ashcroft's investments have included backing Kelvin Mackenzie's online TV channel Sports Tonight, the ConservativeHome website, Priory Clinic and Digital Marketing Group, the advertising and marketing services group, and Dods, the political intelligence firm.
(14) Analyses of error-type and sideness, the two major variables of a priori interest, indicated support for both hypotheses.
(15) This study measured the overall prevalence of homelessness and tested a priori hypothesized risk factors for homelessness among patients admitted to a state hospital.
(16) As there were no a priori hypotheses regarding these indicator variables, the statistical significance of the results should be treated with caution.
(17) Assuming that the catalytic action of the enzyme obeys a Michaelis-Menten rate expression and that the deactivation of the enzyme follows a first-order decay, the present analysis employs the dimensionless, integrated form of the overall rate expression to obtain a criterion (based on the maximization of the determinant of the derivative matrix) that relates the a priori estimates of the parameters with the times at which samples should be withdrawn from the reacting mixture.
(18) A priori and empiric a posteriori estimates of the probability that interesting subcultures are monotypic or monoclonal are derived consistent with this principle.
(19) The computational issues investigated were (1) computation of the regularization parameter; (2) effects of inaccuracy in locating the position of the heart; and (3) incorporation of a priori information on the properties of epicardial potentials into the regularization methodology.
(20) Chronic exposure of adult birds to Azodrin mixed in their feed indicated that no a priori predictions could be made about one species based on the results of another; each had a different no effect (MACT) level.