Abbé is an English word of 4 letters with synonyms like abbot or archimandrite. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Abbé in a sentence
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Abbé meaning
- A low-ranking member of the Roman Catholic clergy in France who is not a member of a religious order, is not a priest, and can marry and inherit property; an honorific title for such a clergymember.
- A French abbot, the (male) head of an abbey.
Synonyms of Abbé
Using Abbé
- The main meaning on this page is: A low-ranking member of the Roman Catholic clergy in France who is not a member of a religious order, is not a priest, and can marry and inherit property; an honorific title for such a clergymember. | A French abbot, the (male) head of an abbey.
- Useful related words include: abbot, archimandrite.
- In the example corpus, abbé often appears in combinations such as: the abbé, abbé de, abbé deguerry.
Context around Abbé
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 8 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 16 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Abbé
- In this selection, "abbé" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, general, madeleine, 1755, deguerry, lagarde and baron stand out and add context to how "abbé" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include abbé baron commented and as the abbé de saint. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "abbé" sits close to words such as abbeys, abdur and absconded, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with abbé
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Nearly every great family had its abbé. (7 words)
This work was edited by Abbé Carlier, who attached a discourse on La Caille's life. (16 words)
He is trapped by the Abbé Herrera ( Vautrin ) in a convoluted and disastrous plan to regain social status. (18 words)
The class did not survive the Revolution ; but the courtesy title of abbé, having long lost all connection in people's minds with any special ecclesiastical function, remained as a convenient general term applicable to any clergyman. (37 words)
When the abbé tried to anoint Talleyrand's palms, as prescribed by the rite, he turned his hands over to make the priest anoint him on the back of the hands, since he was a bishop. (36 words)
During the brief but bloody Paris Commune that followed, his superior at the Madeleine, the Abbé Deguerry, was murdered by rebels; Tombs, p. 124 Saint-Saëns was fortunate to escape to temporary exile in England. (35 words)
Example sentences (16)
High religious officials had been arrested: Archbishop Darboy, the Vicar General Abbé Lagarde, and the Curé of the Madeleine Abbé Deguerry.
Abbé Baron commented during the winter of 1789–90: "She is supervised with the greatest severity, as they claim she is already aware of what she is missing.
During the brief but bloody Paris Commune that followed, his superior at the Madeleine, the Abbé Deguerry, was murdered by rebels; Tombs, p. 124 Saint-Saëns was fortunate to escape to temporary exile in England.
Duvergier became abbot of Saint Cyran Abbey in Brenne and was known as the Abbé de Saint-Cyran main for the rest of his life.
He is trapped by the Abbé Herrera ( Vautrin ) in a convoluted and disastrous plan to regain social status.
He mentions meeting an abbé whom he took for a girl in disguise, only later discovering that "she" was a famous castrato.
His mother died of tuberculosis when he was five years old, and he went to live with his great-uncle the Abbé Laennec (a priest).
In 1755, Abbé de l'Épée founded the first school for deaf children in Paris; Laurent Clerc was arguably its most famous graduate.
In a subsequent 1753 edition, the Abbé Prévost toned down some scandalous details and injected more moralizing disclaimers.
In the same year, a series of articles on the subject of the rhythmic quantities of Gregorian musical signs began to be published, entitled 'La Question Rhythmique Grégorienne' by the Abbé G Delorme.
Nearly every great family had its abbé.
Pearson, p. 10 Nicknamed 'Zozo' by his family, Voltaire was baptized on 22 November 1694, with François de Castagnère, abbé de Châteauneuf, and Marie Daumard, the wife of his mother's cousin, standing as godparents.
The class did not survive the Revolution ; but the courtesy title of abbé, having long lost all connection in people's minds with any special ecclesiastical function, remained as a convenient general term applicable to any clergyman.
This is told by Abbé Faria to Edmond Dantes in the prison in relation to a treasure belonging to Cardinal Spada.
This work was edited by Abbé Carlier, who attached a discourse on La Caille's life.
When the abbé tried to anoint Talleyrand's palms, as prescribed by the rite, he turned his hands over to make the priest anoint him on the back of the hands, since he was a bishop.
Common combinations with abbé
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the abbé 7×
- abbé de 3×
- abbé deguerry 2×
- by abbé 2×