abbé

[a-bey, ab-ey; Fr. a-bey]

ab·bé

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

Origin:
1520–30; < French, Middle French < Late Latin abbāte(m), accusative of abbās abbot
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abbé (ˈæbeɪ, French abe)
 
n
1.  a French abbot
2.  a title used in addressing any other French cleric, such as a priest

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