Definitions for abbeæˈbeɪ, ˈæb eɪ
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ab•bé*æˈbeɪ, ˈæb eɪ(n.)(pl.)-bés.
a member of the secular clergy.
Category: Religion, Foreign Term
a title of respect for any ecclesiastic or clergyman.
Category: Religion, Foreign Term
* (esp. in France).
Origin of abbé:
1520–30; < F, MF < LL abbātem, acc. of abbāsabbot
Princeton's WordNet
abbe(noun)
a French abbot
Wiktionary
abbe(Noun)
An abbot, the (male) head of an abbey.
abbe(Noun)
A member of the French secular clergy.
Origin: From the abbe, from abbas.
Webster Dictionary
Abbe(noun)
the French word answering to the English abbot, the head of an abbey; but commonly a title of respect given in France to every one vested with the ecclesiastical habit or dress
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Abbé
name of a class of men who in France prior to the Revolution prepared themselves by study of theology for preferment in the Church, and who, failing, gave themselves up to letters or science.
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