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Situating them in a real abbey, Rabelais marshaled them as evidence of hypocrisy.
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Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
The Princess of Wales also sent the Scouts home from the fourth iteration of her Together at Christmas carol service home with a little something special — Christmas trees that were brought in to decorate the ancient abbey.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
The abbey's cellars, known as 'crayères,' are ancient chalk quarries dating back to the Gallo-Roman era.
—Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
Since then, he’s injected his flair into Venetian jewels like Abbazia San Gregorio, a former Benedictine abbey and the home of Diane von Furstenburg in Palazzo Brandolini-Giustinian.
—Sofia Celeste, WWD, 21 Nov. 2024
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Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
The Princess of Wales also sent the Scouts home from the fourth iteration of her Together at Christmas carol service home with a little something special — Christmas trees that were brought in to decorate the ancient abbey.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
The abbey's cellars, known as 'crayères,' are ancient chalk quarries dating back to the Gallo-Roman era.
—Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
Since then, he’s injected his flair into Venetian jewels like Abbazia San Gregorio, a former Benedictine abbey and the home of Diane von Furstenburg in Palazzo Brandolini-Giustinian.
—Sofia Celeste, WWD, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Abbey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abbey. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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