2. Proper noun. (surname from=Arabic) ¹
3. Noun. (plural of abba) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Abbas
1. abba [n] - See also: abba
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abbas
Literary usage of Abbas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Church History of Britain: From the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller, John Sherren Brewer (1845)
"abbas de Croyland. Robertus abbas de Thorney. Robertus abbas de Waltham. ...
Thomas abbas de Abandon. Inferior domas. Ri. Gwent archi. ..."
2. Three Chapters of Letters Relating to the Suppression of Monasteries by Thomas Wright (1843)
"abbas de Selby. p. abbas sancti Albani. abbas sancti Augustini Cantor. p.
abbas Burgi sancti Edmund! ... abbas de Bello. p. abbas de Thorney. p. abbas de ..."
3. Councils and Ecclesiastical Documents Relating to Great Britain and Ireland by David Wilkins, William Stubbs (1871)
">{i Eadred presbyter abbas. ... presbyter abbas. tjf ... abbas. i|i Cufa abbas, »{i
Marcus abbas, ^i Lulla abbas, ..."
4. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1908)
"NOTES ON A JOURNEY FROM BANDAR abbas TO SHIRAZ VIA LAR, IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH, 1907.
... J As regards Bandar abbas, the starting-point of the journey, ..."
5. Narrative of a Mission to Bokhara, in the Years 1843-1845, to Ascertain the by Joseph Wolff (1845)
"Kindness of abbas Kouli Khan to Dr. Wolff; the noblest-minded Persian Dr. Wolff has
... abbas Kouli Khan's Religious Opinions. Conversation with People of ..."
6. Chronicon Monasterii de Abingdon by Abingdon Abbey, Joseph Stevenson (1858)
"•i* Ego Germanus, Kam. abbas. , ^ Ego Kenulf, Burh. abbas. ... Westm. abbas."
The -word "Ego" is then repeated at the beginning of twenty- three lines, ..."
7. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities: Being a Continuation of the by Sir William Smith, Samuel Cheetham (1875)
"Enlarged into abbas Abbatum for the Ab- bat of Monte Cassino (Pet. Diac. Chron.
... 17), the proper abbat being called by way of distinction abbas ..."
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