Abbeys meaning in General Dictionary
of Abbey
Abbeys meaning in General Dictionary
(pl. ) of Abbey
Sentence Examples with the word Abbeys
Doubtless the king's sore financial needs had much to do with the dissolution of the abbeys and the plundering of the shrines, but there is no reason to suppose that he was not fully convinced that the monks had long outlived their usefulness and that the shrines were centres of abject superstition and ecclesiastical deceit.