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Abba

Ab·ba [ ábbə ]


noun 
Definition:
 
1. God: in the Bible, a name used to address God

2. bishop or patriarch: in the Syrian Orthodox and Coptic Churches, a title given to bishops and patriarchs

[14th century. Via ecclesiastical Latin and New Testament Greek< Aramaic 'abbā "father"]
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