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Definition of Abunas
1. abuna [n] - See also: abuna
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abunas
Literary usage of Abunas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hakluytus posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1905)
"... they received him ; Divers Messages: Their twelfth Baptisme of the abunas
Circumcision, Orders, Consecration of the Church and Translation of Nahu. ..."
2. Hakluytus Posthumus, Or, Purchas His Pilgrimes: Contayning a History of the by Samuel Purchas (1905)
"... they received him ; Divers Messages: Their twelfth Baptisme of the abunas
Circumcision, Orders, Consecration of the Church and Translation of Nahu. ..."
3. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1902)
"West cf the Gillet mountains is an isolated mountain called abunas, or Gara Daj,
... On the top of the abunas there are ruins of a sanctum probably of ..."
4. Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, in the Years 1768, 1769, 1770 by James Bruce (1804)
"It happened, however, that this very year two abunas arrived from Egypt, ...
Upon inquiry it was found, that Abba Michael, the latter of these abunas, ..."
5. The Churches and Monasteries of Egypt and Some Neighbouring Countries by Basil Thomas Alfred Evetts, Alfred Joshua Butler (1895)
"... from the patriarch of Alexandria in Egypt; and this dali por diante todos os
mays bispos ou abunas foram mandados a Ethiopia da mesma ..."
6. The Story of the Church of Egypt: Being an Outline of the History of the by Edith Louisa Butcher (1897)
"John XVI. consecrated two abunas for Abyssinia, owing to the disturbed state of
... Thus, in 1680, there were no less than three abunas in Abyssinia—Abuna ..."
7. Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile: In the Years 1768, 1769,1770 by James Bruce (1813)
"It happened, however, that this very year two abunas arrived from Egypt, ...
Upon inquiry it was found, that Abba Michael, the latter of these abunas, ..."
8. The Life and Adventures of Nathaniel Pearce: Written by Himself, During a by Nathaniel Pearce (1831)
"... PROCLAMATIONS OF THE ABUNA. the old customs established by former abunas,
every man wishing to be confirmed a priest must first bring him four ..."
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