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abbé

[ a-bey, ab-ey; French a-bey ]

noun

, plural ab·bés [a-, beyz, ab, -eyz, a, -, bey].
  1. (especially in France)
    1. a member of the secular clergy.
    2. a title of respect for any ecclesiastic or clergyman.


abbé

1

/ abe; ˈæbeɪ /

noun

  1. a French abbot
  2. a title used in addressing any other French cleric, such as a priest
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Abbe

2

/ ˈaːbə; ˈæbɪ /

noun

  1. AbbeErnst18401905MGermanSCIENCE: physicist Ernst. 1840–1905, German physicist, noted for his work in optics and the microscope condenser known as the Abbe condenser
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of abbé1

First recorded in 1520–30; from French, Middle French, from Late Latin abbāte(m), accusative of abbās abbot
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Example Sentences

Kelley and her husband hired a prominent lawyer, Abbe Lowell.

Defense attorney Abbe Lowell is a wiry man who seems to never stop moving when he speaks in a courtroom.

Lead defense attorney Abbe Lowell looked worried at the end of the 17th day of testimony at the John Edwards trial.

And how, exactly, does lead defense attorney Abbe Lowell plan to do that?

As Abbe wades through her grief and her history, her marriage with Greg begins to fall apart.

Like the Abbe Sieyes, Mr. Paine had completely mastered the science of government, which was in fact extremely simple.

He was a descendant of the famous Abbe de Camps, so well known among bookmen and savants.

A few more Abbe de Pradits, a few more newspaper articles, and from being an emperor, Napoleon would have turned into an ogre.

Abbe Stadler might well say to the stranger from Poland that Vienna was no longer what it used to be.

The Abbe Deforges, of Etampes, announced in the journals in 1772 that he would perform the great feat.

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