Abbe in example sentence

'I have here three hundred and twenty-one aspirants for the holiest of callings,' the abbe Pirard said at length, in a severe but not hostile tone; 'only seven or eight have been recommended to me by men like the abbe Chelan; thus among the three hundred and twenty-one you will be the ninth.

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This young cleric was sent from Besancon, some years ago, to keep an eye upon the abbe Chelan and certain parish priests of the district.

He had known the abbe Chelan for thirty years.

What a rebuff that would be!'I am dishonoured here and at Besancon,' replied the abbe Maslon, 'if he appears among my clergy.

A Jansenist, great heavens!''Whatever you may say, my dear abbe,' M. de Renal assured him, 'I shall not expose the municipal government of Verrieres to the risk of an insult from M. de La Mole.

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