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Answer for the clue "Secular French clergyman ", 4 letters:
abbe

Alternative clues for the word abbe

Religious leader
Member of the clergГ©
Singer Lane
Cleric's title in France
Title for Liszt
Faria in "The Count of Monte Cristo"
Ecclesiastic: Fr
An ecclesiastic

Word definitions for abbe in dictionaries

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1520s, title given in France to "every one who wears an ecclesiastical dress," especially one having no assigned ecclesiastical duty, from French abbé , from Late Latin abbatem , accusative of abbas (see abbot ).

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Abbe is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname: Cleveland Abbe (1818–1916), American meteorologist Cleveland Abbe, Jr. (1872–1934), American geographer Ernst Abbe (1840–1905), German physicist James Abbe (1883–1975), ...