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abbey
Complex of buildings housing a monastery or convent under the direction of an abbot or abbess, serving the needs of a self-contained religious community. The first abbey was Monte Cassino in Italy, founded in 529 by St. Benedict of Nursia. The cloister linked the most important elements of an abbey together. The dormitory was often built over the dining hall on the E side of the cloister and linked to the central church. The W side of the cloister provided for public dealings, with the gatehouse controlling the only opening to the outer, public courtyard. On the S side of the cloister were a central kitchen, brewery, and workshops. The novitiate and infirmary were housed in a building with its own chapel, bathhouse, dining hall, kitchen, and garden. In the 12th-13th cent., many abbeys were built throughout Europe, especially in France.
table
Article of furniture used in the Western world since at least the 7th cent. BC, consisting of a flat slab of stone, metal, wood, or glass supported by trestles, legs, or a pillar. Though tables were used in ancient Egypt, Assyria, and Greece, only during the Middle Ages, with the growing formality of life under feudalism, did tables increasingly take on social significance. Tables with attached legs appeared in the 15th cent. The draw top was invented in the 16th cent., making it possible to double the table length. Increasing contact with the East in the 18th cent. led to increasing specialization in the design of occasional tables.
turkey
Either of two species of birds in the family Meleagrididae. The N. Amer. common turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) has been domesticated since pre-Columbian times. The adult male has a naked, bright-red head, a fleshy red ornament (snood) growing over the bill, and a fleshy wattle on the throat. The male (gobbler or tom) may be 50 in. (1.3 m) long and may weigh over 20 lbs (10 kg). Wild turkeys inhabit woodlands near water, eating seeds, insects, and an occasional frog or lizard. Males assemble a harem, and each hen lays 8-15 eggs in a hollow in the ground. An excellent source of meat and easily shot, the wild turkey was practically exterminated by European settlers; conservation efforts have reestablished it in much of its former range. The ocellated turkey (Agriocharis, or Meleagris, ocellata) of Central America has never been domesticated.
Nation, SW Asia and SE Europe. Area: 300,948 sq mi (779,452 sq km); about 97% lies in Asia. Population (1997 est.): 63,528,000. Capital: Ankara. Ethnic groups include the Turks and Kurds. Languages: Turkish (official), Kurdish, Arabic. Religions: Islam (mostly Sunnite); Christianity and Judaism to a small extent. Currency: Turkish lira. Turkey is a mountainous country with an extensive plateau covering central Asia Minor. The highest peak is Mt. Ararat. The Taurus Mtns. lie in the south. Its rivers include the Tigris, Euphrates, Kizil Irmak, and Menderes. It is a major ...
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