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Abbé
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A French word meaning primarily and strictly an abbot or superior of a monastery of men. It came eventually to be applied, in France, to every man who wears the dress of a secular ecclesiastic (Littré). This extension of meaning dates from the time of Francis I (1515-47), who, by consent of the Holy See, named secular clerics Abbots in commendam (See ABBOT: Kinds of Abbot). During the following centuries the name was applied to clerics, often not in sacred Orders, engaged as professors or tutors, or in some similar capacity in the houses of the nobility.
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Obstat, Nihil. Lafort, Remy, Censor. Entry for 'Abbé'. The Catholic Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/a/abb.html. Robert Appleton Company. New York. 1914.
Obstat, Nihil. Lafort, Remy, Censor. Entry for 'Abbé'. The Catholic Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/a/abb.html. Robert Appleton Company. New York. 1914.
