abbé

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Recent Examples of abbé After his death just five years later, the paintings were inventoried simply as depictions of the basilica and square without any mention of the poor abbe. Steven Litt, cleveland.com, 25 Feb. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for abbé
Noun
  • Among the beetle-collecting country parsons of his day, it was often assumed that the world had been created six thousand years ago and that many geological anomalies could be explained by Noah’s Flood.
    Lewis Hyde, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
  • Sofa in collage by Peter Dunham Textiles; Hot pink laminate parsons tables by Two Worlds Arts; Soft edge chairs by Hay; Madeleine Castaing striped carpet by Codimat Collection.
    Michael Boodro, Architectural Digest, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • His daughter, Olivia, even married Cleveland Benedict, who at one point became the rector of Christ Church, according to the Glendale Heritage Preservation's website.
    Aaron Valdez, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
  • Near the end of the service, the rector announced who the pope was — an American-born from Chicago.
    Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • Born in 1775, Austen grew up in the Hampshire countryside, where her father served as a clergyman in the village of Steventon.
    Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 July 2025
  • According to his Instagram profile, Taylor is a seminary student at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, a clergyman, and an Air Force veteran.
    Escher Walcott, People.com, 8 July 2025
Noun
  • John MacArthur, pastor of Grace Community Church (GCC) in Sun Valley, California, has reportedly been hospitalized with pneumonia following years of health complications.
    Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2025
  • Advertisement Religion, government, and power The ambitious Pentecostal pastor and televangelist Malafaia—considered a kingmaker, is among those religious leaders in Brazil who have amassed wealth and celebrity through their sermons.
    Emi Eleode, Time, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • Members include a vicar with a lurid fantasy life, a clever and stifled housewife, a sorrowful retired accountant and a blowhard.
    New York Times, New York Times, 3 May 2025
  • For instance, in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, vicar for clergy Fr.
    Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 21 May 2025
Noun
  • In an area that used to produce influential Catholic churchmen the way the Dodgers churned out Rookies of the Year, Gomez has amounted to the living equivalent of a hair shirt: a mode of piety that serves no one but the wearer.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
  • Martini was a key figure in a group of churchmen who met annually in St. Gallen, Switzerland, to ponder how best to blunt John Paul and Ratzinger’s reactionary thrust.
    Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The Mexican fan palm, supposedly brought here by the mission-building padres to supply Palm Sunday foliage, can grow taller, maybe 10 stories, and skinnier, and can dip and sway camera-readily in the wind.
    Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2025
  • The group has since evolved to the comité de padres and grown to roughly 30 mothers.
    Mathew Miranda, Sacramento Bee, 18 Apr. 2024

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“Abbé.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abb%C3%A9. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.

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