The abbes and the Bishops and the priests are alike distrustful and hostile. |
It would be impossible to find two figures which presented so many contrasts to each other as those of the two abbes. |
There was a long silence in which we heard naught but the sanative hums of the friars and abbes. |
Although a man who frequents the society of abbes is not thought much more of than one who frequents the society of girls. |
The house in question had always been occupied by abbes, and it belonged to an old maid named Mademoiselle Gamard. |
Well the interesting thing about the Marquis de Sade of course, is that his world is littered with Cardinals and Priests and Abbes, so it's not completely unreligious. |