1. An ecclesiastic having no cure; before the French Revolution, a class of persons who had pursued a course of theological study in the hope of obtaining preferment in the Church, many of whom employed themselves as men of letters, or as tutors in families, professors in universities, &c.

Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language By Nuttall, P.Austin

• rabbie,
• arabe,
• maube,
• abbyse,
• amybe,
• abobe,
• ababy,
• abbay,
• abby,
• abmer,
• abuce,
• abbrv,
• abbel,
• azue,
• abbide,
• abuve,
• babby,
• eable,
• mabby,
• onbe

• ABEE,
• ab,
• abo,
• Abb,
• Abbie,
• aby,
• abye,
• aba,
• Abe,
• abbey,
• Abby.

The adjective form of "abbe" is "abbesse".