abadia

n. abbacy, office or position of an abbot (head of a monastery); abbey, monastery administered by an abbot

n. abbacy, abbey

v. to provide with an abbot or a priest

= abbey, convent.
Ex: This article describes the library at the Cistercian abbey of Our Lady of Hope, Sacramento Valley, N. California.
Ex: Libraries founded by the endowments of the royal family and statesmen not only as independent entities but also within mosques, dervish convents and other institutions.