abat-voix, n.m., sounding-board (of a pulpit).
abbatial (-cial), -e, adj., abbatial, abbatical.
abbaye (abéi), n.f., monastery, abbey. Administration d’une —; abbacy.
abbé, n.m., abbé, abbot, priest. Monsieur l’abbé, your Reverence.
abbesse, n.f., abbess. Dignité, fonctions, d’abbé, d’abbesse; abbotship.
abc, n.m., a, b, c, alphabet, primer; a, b, c, book; elements, rudiments, spelling-book. Apprendre son —; to learn one’s letters. Être à l’— de; to be at the a, b, c, of. Renvoyer quelqu’un à l’—; to make a person begin all over again.
abcéder, v.n., to form into an abscess, to apostemate, to gather, to come to a head.
abcès, n.m., abscess, apostem, gathering. Former, vider, un —; to form, to take the matter out of, an abscess. — aux gencives; gumboil.
abcisse, n.f. V. abscisse.
abdication, n.f., abdication; (jur.) disinheritance of a son during his father’s life-time; renunciation of (property). Faire —; to abdicate.