abba

nounnounattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈæb.ə//
United Kingdom//æˈbɑ//
United States//ˈæb.ə//
United States//æˈbɑ//

Father; religious superior; in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the patriarch; a title given to Jewish scholars in the Talmudic period.

noun

1
Father; religious superior; in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the patriarch; a title given to Jewish scholars in the Talmudic period.
The abba of the coenobion went to him and told him about the brother who had slipped up.

Etymology

From Middle English, from Latin, from Ancient Greek, from Aramaic אבא/ܐܒܐ (ʼaḇā, “father”); see abbot, Abraham for more.

noun

1
Variant of abaAlternative form of aba (Middle Eastern garment).
The rich turbans and flowing robes of the respectable merchants are finely contrasted with the rude sheepskin covering of the mountaineer, and the dark abba of the wandering Arab.

Etymology

Variant forms.

Forms

plural: abbas

abandon · To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give…abandoned · Having given oneself up to vice; immoral; extremely wicked,…abandoning · An act by which something or someone is abandoned;…

abba · Father; religious superior; in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the patriarch; a title…

Abba · Father, an honorific title given to God in the New Testament,…ABBA · A popular Swedish music group from the 1970s, one of the…abbey · The office or dominion of an abbot or abbess.

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