English Explanatory Dictionary

Melbury Abbas

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish (served by Melbury Abbas and Cann Parish Council) in north Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST8820).

Word forms

Melbury Abbas

Etymology

Recorded as Meleberie in 1086 (DB), and Melbury Abbatisse in 1291, from Latin abbatissa (“abbess”) and its early possession by Shaftesbury Abbey.

Related words

Itchen Abbas Melbury Osmond
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