Definition of abba
Abba \Ab"ba\ ([a^]b"b[.a]), n. [Syriac abb[=a] father. See Abbot.] Father; religious superior; -- in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the patriarch. [1913 Webster]
Abba \Ab"ba\ ([a^]b"b[.a]), n. [Syriac abb[=a] father. See Abbot.] Father; religious superior; -- in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the patriarch. [1913 Webster]
