abbé Sentence Examples
- In 18th-century France, the Abbé Prévost authored the influential novel "Manon Lescaut."
- The Abbé Pierre was known for his tireless advocacy for the homeless and impoverished.
- The Abbé de l'Épée developed a sign language system for the deaf and mute.
- The Abbé Suger was a powerful advisor to King Louis VI of France.
- The Abbé Dubois was Louis XV's controversial foreign minister.
- The Abbé de Mably was a prominent French political philosopher.
- The Abbé Sieyès played a key role in the French Revolution.
- The Abbé Maury was a royalist who opposed the Revolution.
- The Abbé Grégoire was a reformer who advocated for the emancipation of the Jews.
- The Abbé de Saint-Pierre was a philosopher and pacifist who proposed a plan for perpetual peace.
abbé Meaning
abbé
a member of the French secular clergy in major or minor orders
Synonyms & Antonyms of abbé
Synonyms:
- missioner
- reverend
- religious
- mendicant
- monk
- monastic
- high-priest
- sky-pilot
- clerk
- minister
- missionary
- oblate
- clerical
- priest
- high-priestess
- dominie
- clergywoman
- deacon
- cleric
- archpriest
- preacher
- ecclesiastic
- revivalist
- evangelist
- missionizer
- divine
Antonyms:
No weak antonyms found.
FAQs About the word abbé
a member of the French secular clergy in major or minor orders
clergyman, parson, rector, vicar, churchman, pastor, padre,curé, presbyter, dean
layman, lay reader, lector, layperson,secular,
In 18th-century France, the Abbé Prévost authored the influential novel "Manon Lescaut."
The Abbé Pierre was known for his tireless advocacy for the homeless and impoverished.
The Abbé de l'Épée developed a sign language system for the deaf and mute.
The Abbé Suger was a powerful advisor to King Louis VI of France.
