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abbes

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

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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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