Index of English words, starting with "ab"

(1) - Abbey (n.) The church of a monastery.
(2) - Abbey (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.

(1) - Abbot (n.) One of a class of bishops whose sees were formerly abbeys.
(2) - Abbot (n.) The superior or head of an abbey.

(1) - Abbotship (n.) The state or office of an abbot.

(1) - Abbreviate (n.) An abridgment.
(2) - Abbreviate (a.) Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type.
(3) - Abbreviate (a.) Abbreviated; abridged; shortened.
(4) - Abbreviate (v. t.) To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.
(5) - Abbreviate (v. t.) To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken.