abbé

Morse got most of this story from a book written by a Scottish academic named John Robison, who in turn took many of his ideas from the abbé de Barruel, a French priest.

From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2022

He even took minor orders in the Roman Catholic Church in 1865, becoming an abbé but appropriately stopping short of the vow of chastity.

From New York Times ● Oct. 22, 2011

This smoothness has perhaps a slight tinge of the priestly—for, as Renan first studied for the priesthood, so Dupont-Sommer was once an abbé.

From The New Yorker ● May 6, 1955

I went to her home, I found the abbé, I applauded his verses as all Paris has since done, but I did not see the brother of the mistress of the house....

From Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence by Elizabeth S. Kite

The abbé was a man of high calling; one of those priests who are more or less independent in their ideas.

From Black Diamonds by Mór Jókai

The abbés stories are capital, but he acts in a way that makes them better still.

From Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) by John Morley

The metropolitan, the bishops, the abbés, the princes, and all the lords and warriors who had distinguished themselves during the siege of Kezan, were invited.

From The Empire of Russia by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott

Yes, we can say it among ourselves," Des Hermies returned, "in the nineteenth century the number of foul-minded abbés has been legion.

From Là-bas by Keene Wallace

"But what do the curates and other titulary abbés do, if they unload their duties onto the backs of others?"

From Là-bas by Keene Wallace

The abbés and men of learning are of easy access enough, but few English that travel have knowledge enough to take any great pleasure in that company.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 09 — Lives and Letters by Arthur Mee