Definition of abbe

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Abbe (n.) The French word answering to the English abbot, the head of an abbey; but commonly a title of respect given in France to every one vested with the ecclesiastical habit or dress..

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Rabbeting :: Rabbeting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rabbe.
Rabbet :: Rabbet (v. t.) To unite the edges of, as boards, etc., in a rabbet joint..
Nabbed :: Nabbed (imp. & p. p.) of Na.
Stabber :: Stabber (n.) One who, or that which, stabs; a privy murderer..
Superioress :: Superior (n.) The head of a monastery, convent, abbey, or the like..
Abbe :: Abbe (n.) The French word answering to the English abbot, the head of an abbey; but commonly a title of respect given in France to every one vested with the ecclesiastical habit or dress..
Surly :: Surly (a.) Gloomily morose; ill-natured, abrupt, and rude; severe; sour; crabbed; rough; sullen; gloomy; as, a surly groom; a surly dog; surly language; a surly look..
Grabber :: Grabber (n.) One who seizes or grabs.
Rattle :: Rattle (n.) A noisy, senseless talker; a jabberer..
Glaver :: Glaver (v. i.) To prate; to jabber; to babble.
Drabber :: Drabber (n.) One who associates with drabs; a wencher.
Rabbeted :: Rabbeted (imp. & p. p.) of Rabbe.
Abbot :: Abbot (n.) One of a class of bishops whose sees were formerly abbeys.
Rebate :: Rebate (v. t.) To cut a rebate in. See Rabbet, v..
Asperity :: Asperity (n.) Moral roughness; roughness of manner; severity; crabbedness; harshness; -- opposed to mildness.
Jabber :: "Jabber (n.) Rapid or incoherent talk, with indistinct utterance; gibberish..
Abbess :: Abbess (n.) A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the abbots have over the monks. See Abbey..
Priory :: Priory (n.) A religious house presided over by a prior or prioress; -- sometimes an offshoot of, an subordinate to, an abbey, and called also cell, and obedience. See Cell, 2..
Scab :: Scab (v. i.) To become covered with a scab; as, the wound scabbed over..
Solemnity :: Solemnity (n.) Solemn state or feeling; awe or reverence; also, that which produces such a feeling; as, the solemnity of an audience; the solemnity of Westminster Abbey..
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