Abbe Definition

ăbā, ă-bā
noun
Used as a title for the superior of a monastery in a French-speaking area.
American Heritage
A French title of respect, given to a priest, minister, etc.
Webster's New World
Used as a title for a cleric in major or minor orders in a French-speaking area.
American Heritage
A priest, minister, etc. addressed with this title.
Webster's New World

An honorific title for a member of the French clergy. [mid 16th century]

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
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Other Word Forms of Abbe

Noun

Singular:
abbe
Plural:
abbes, abbs

Origin of Abbe

  • French from Old French abbe from Late Latin abbās abbāt- abbot abbot

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From the French abbé (“abbot”), from Latin abbās (“abbot”).

    From Wiktionary

Abbe Sentence Examples

  • The abbe Migne carried his Latin patrology down to the time of Innocent III.

  • Indeed, at one time it was believed that the best way for them to communicate was through systematized gestures, the sign language invented by the Abbe de l'Epee.

  • These were to some extent made use of by Prosper Leveque in his Memoires pour servir (1753), as well as by the Abbe Boisot in the Tresor de Granvella.

  • The head of the college, the abbe Antoine Faure, who was from the same part of the country as himself, befriended the lad, and continued to do so for many years after he had finished his course, finding him pupils and ultimately obtaining for him the post of tutor to the young duke of Chartres, afterwards the regent duke of Orleans.

  • His financial affairs he had entrusted to the care of the abbe Picot, and as his literary and scientific representative he adopted Mersenne.

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