abbé

Napoleon was heir to the French Revolution, not Abbé Sieyes, a serial writer of constitutions that were never adopted for long.

Gensonné picked up a lock of his black hair, and gave it to the Abbé Lambert to give to his wife.

Each gave to the abbé some legacy of affection to be conveyed to loved ones who were to be left behind.

The ancient monks gave this name to the superior whom they elected; the abbé was their spiritual father.

She seemed to listen eagerly to all the Abbé said to her, but she was thinking of her short conversation with Barrington.

The depth was not, however, above the Abbé's waist, and when he rose his look of furious misery was too comical for any pity.