Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In the Greek and Syriac churches, an abbess or spiritual mother.
- noun A girdle or truss used in ruptures.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An abbes or spiritual mother.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
mother - noun An
abbess orspiritual mother .
Etymologies
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It is also called by the Greek word amma (nurse) because it loves (amando) infants and is said to offer milk to the newborn.
Archive 2008-04-01 2008
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It is also called by the Greek word amma (nurse) because it loves (amando) infants and is said to offer milk to the newborn.
WMAM on a Tuesday. 2008
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She will be missed by many. ~ in amma's love, kasturi
We Are Remembered For What We Teach Alice Walker Blog Administrator 2009
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In his book Radical Healing: Integrating the World’s Great Therapeutic Traditions to Create a New Transformative Medicine, Dr. Rudolph Ballentine described how a plaque called amma becomes lodged in the subcutaneous layers of the skin.
Manifesting Michelangelo Joseph Pierce Farrell 2011
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In his book Radical Healing: Integrating the World’s Great Therapeutic Traditions to Create a New Transformative Medicine, Dr. Rudolph Ballentine described how a plaque called amma becomes lodged in the subcutaneous layers of the skin.
Manifesting Michelangelo Joseph Pierce Farrell 2011
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The stories about 'amma', 'names of Indian business', 'Indian laws against immodesty', 'hindu religion and priests' were characterised in a such a way by cenk which made Indian / hindu culture look ridiculous and cruel.
The Young Turks 2008
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As one articulate amma puts it, It is for everyone.
Scott Cairns: Mysteries Of The Jesus Prayer Scott Cairns 2011
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As one articulate amma puts it, It is for everyone.
Scott Cairns: Mysteries Of The Jesus Prayer Scott Cairns 2011
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But finally yesterday i made upma just like my amma. thank you for this wonder ful recipe sindhu
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