WESTMINSTER ABBEY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Westminster Abbey mean? 

• WESTMINSTER ABBEY (noun)
  The noun WESTMINSTER ABBEY has 1 sense:

1. a famous Gothic church of St. Peter in Westminster, London on the site of a former Benedictine monastery

  Familiarity information: WESTMINSTER ABBEY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WESTMINSTER ABBEY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A famous Gothic church of St. Peter in Westminster, London on the site of a former Benedictine monastery

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Context example:

Distinguished English subjects are buried in Westminster Abbey

Instance hypernyms:

minster (any of certain cathedrals and large churches; originally connected to a monastery)

Holonyms ("Westminster Abbey" is a part of...):

City of Westminster; Westminster (a borough of Greater London on the Thames; contains Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey)

 Context examples 

We had turned back to follow her, having encountered her coming towards us; and Westminster Abbey was the point at which she passed from the lights and noise of the leading streets.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

He is convinced, of course, that he is destined for Westminster Abbey.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In the P.M. to Westminster Abbey, but don't expect me to describe it, that's impossible, so I'll only say it was sublime!

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

That’s the House of Parliament, nephew, said my uncle, pointing with his whip, and the black towers are Westminster Abbey.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

On the first occasion I started up in alarm, to learn that she inferred from a particular light in the sky, that Westminster Abbey was on fire; and to be consulted in reference to the probability of its igniting Buckingham Street, in case the wind changed.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)