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Abbé

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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(from Syriac from abba, father) French title applied primarily to an abbot, eventually to all wearing secular ecclesiastical dress; and to clerics, often not in Holy Orders, engaged as tutors or in other occupations.

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Entry for 'Abbé'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​a/abbac.html. 1910.
 
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