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thumb|right|The cloister of [[Sénanque Abbey, Provence]] alt=|thumb|Church of the former Bath Abbey, [[Somerset]] thumb|right|An interior of the Bridgettine's [[Nådendal Abbey, a medieval Catholic monastery in Naantali, Finland]] An abbey is a type of monastery used by members of a religious order under the governance of an abbot or abbess. Abbeys provide a complex of buildings and land for religious activities, work, and housing of Christian or Buddhist monks and nuns.