Abbé

Title

Abbé

Relation

https://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/d/1060/

Identifier

1060

Text

Literally translated, the word means abbot and in fact, abbé can refer to this church official. However, the title abbé was also given to those who completed the ecclesiastical curriculum in the lycée. For example, for the famous revolutionary abbé Sieyès, the title was merely a distinction as he was definitely not an abbot.

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Citation

“Abbé,” LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY: EXPLORING THE FRENCH REVOUTION, accessed April 26, 2024, https://revolution.chnm.org/d/1060.