Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The head of the Christian church in Abyssinia. See
Abyssinian .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The Patriarch, or head of the Abyssinian Church.
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- noun Christianity The
Patriarch , or head of theAbyssinian Church.
Etymologies
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Examples
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155 The abuna is improperly dignified by the Latins with the title of patriarch.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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My brother couldn't seem to face the possibility that abuna was gone for good.
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Greek and Catalan, of Russian 'pope' and Coptic abuna, of dragoman and
The Purple Cloud 1906
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Abyssinia to Christianity; and a Christian church, under an abuna or bishop, still flourishes there.
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The first of these royal converts lost his crown and his life; and the rebel army was sanctified by the _abuna_, who hurled an anathema at the apostate, and absolved his subjects from their oath of fidelity.
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 Edward Gibbon 1765
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But the event was foreseen, the increase was denied: the episcopal office has been gradually confined to the abuna, [155] the head and author of the
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 Edward Gibbon 1765
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The first of these royal converts lost his crown and his life; and the rebel army was sanctified by the abuna, who hurled an anathema at the apostate, and absolved his subjects from their oath of fidelity.
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 Edward Gibbon 1765
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But the event was foreseen, the increase was denied: the episcopal office has been gradually confined to the _abuna_, the head and author of the Abyssinian priesthood; the patriarch supplies each vacancy with an Egyptian monk; and the character of a stranger appears more venerable in the eyes of the people, less dangerous in those of the monarch.
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 Edward Gibbon 1765
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But the event was foreseen, the increase was denied: the episcopal office has been gradually confined to the abuna, 155 the head and author of the Abyssinian priesthood; the patriarch supplies each vacancy with an Egyptian monk; and the character of a stranger appears more venerable in the eyes of the people, less dangerous in those of the monarch.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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The first of these royal converts lost his crown and his life; and the rebel army was sanctified by the abuna, who hurled an anathema at the apostate, and absolved his subjects from their oath of fidelity.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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