abbé

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

/ æˈbeɪ, ˈæb eɪ; French aˈbeɪ /

a member of the secular clergy.

a title of respect for any ecclesiastic or clergyman.

Origin of abbé

1520–30; < French, Middle French < Late Latin abbāte(m), accusative of abbās abbot

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

Jill Kelley’s Campaign to Befriend Petraeus, Allen, and Other Top Brass |Michael Daly |November 14, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Defense attorney Abbe Lowell is a wiry man who seems to never stop moving when he speaks in a courtroom.

Jury Gets the Edwards Case: Deliberations to Begin Friday |Diane Dimond |May 18, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Lead defense attorney Abbe Lowell looked worried at the end of the 17th day of testimony at the John Edwards trial.

Is the Edwards Defense Team Losing It? |Diane Dimond |May 16, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
And how, exactly, does lead defense attorney Abbe Lowell plan to do that?

John Edwards’s Newsweek Defense |Diane Dimond |April 23, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

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

The Daily Beast Recommends |The Daily Beast |May 26, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
The position of Abbe Gabriel is complicated; first of all, he is the heir of the Rennepont family.

The Wandering Jew, Complete |Eugene Sue
She accompanied the Abbe to Plassans and took up house with him there.

A Zola Dictionary |J. G. Patterson
Abbe Buonavita was just entering the room, "I give you the episcopal mitre."

Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, Complete |Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne
The abbe, in despair, sat down without a word, so crushed was he by the vague presence of approaching disaster.

The Vicar of Tours |Honore de Balzac
On every side the Abbe de Soubise was regarded, either as a marvel of learning, or a miracle of piety and purity of manners.

The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete |Duc de Saint-Simon

Abbe

/ (ˈæbɪ, German ˈaːbə) /

Ernst. 1840–1905, German physicist, noted for his work in optics and the microscope condenser known as the Abbe condenser

abbé

/ (ˈæbeɪ, French abe) /

a French abbot

a title used in addressing any other French cleric, such as a priest