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Search phrase: abbey

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The Comedy of ErrorsCE V.i.122Behind the ditches of the abbey here.Behinde the ditches of the Abbey heere. 
The Comedy of ErrorsCE V.i.129Kneel to the Duke before he pass the abbey.Kneele to the Duke before he passe the Abbey
The Comedy of ErrorsCE V.i.155Into this abbey, whither we pursued them,Into this Abbey, whether we pursu'd them, 
The Comedy of ErrorsCE V.i.165Go, some of you, knock at the abbey gate,Go some of you, knocke at the Abbey gate, 
The Comedy of ErrorsCE V.i.188Even now we housed him in the abbey here,Euen now we hous'd him in the Abbey heere. 
The Comedy of ErrorsCE V.i.264And then you fled into this abbey here,And then you fled into this Abbey heere, 
The Comedy of ErrorsCE V.i.266I never came within these abbey walls,I neuer came within these Abbey wals, 
The Comedy of ErrorsCE V.i.279Sawest thou him enter at the abbey here?Saw'st thou him enter at the Abbey heere? 
The Comedy of ErrorsCE V.i.395To go with us into the abbey here,To go with vs into the Abbey heere, 
Henry VIIIH8 IV.i.57Among the crowd i'th' Abbey, where a fingerAmong the crow'd i'th'Abbey, where a finger
Henry VIIIH8 IV.ii.18Lodged in the abbey, where the reverend abbot,Lodg'd in the Abbey; where the reuerend Abbot
King Edward IIIE3 II.i.240My body is her bower, her court, her abbey,My bodie is her bower her Court her abey,
King JohnKJ V.iii.8Tell him, toward Swinstead, to the abbey there.Tell him toward Swinsted, to the Abbey there.
Romeo and JulietRJ II.iv.183And stay, good Nurse, behind the abbey wall.And stay thou good Nurse behind the Abbey wall,
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG V.i.9Out at the postern by the abbey wall;Out at the Posterne by the Abbey wall;

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Glossary

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Chartreux[pron: shah'truh] Carthusian abbey at Chartreuse, E France; also, the name of the order of monks
Saint Colm's InchInchcolm; small island in the Firth of Forth, E Scotland; site of an abbey

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abbeyChartreux
abbeySaint Colm's Inch

Themes and Topics

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Britain [outside London]...e firth of forth e scotland site of an abbey saint edmundsbury kj iv iii ...
World [outside Britain], places and peoples... chartreux h8 i i 221 carthusian abbey at chartreuse grenoble e france also ...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
ABBEYBASICabbey n
ABBEYPEOPLEabbess n, abbot n

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