abba /ˈæb.ə/ noun1 •(Judaism) Father; religious superior; in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the patriarch; a title given to Jewish scholars in the Talmudic period.The abba of the coenobion went to him and told him about the brother who had slipped up. — 2012 formsabbas
Abba /ˈæb.ə/ noun1 •Father, an honorific title given to God in the New Testament, especially used in prayers.And because yee are sonnes, God hath sent foorth the spirit of his Sonne into your hearts, crying Abba, Father. — 1611 formsAbbas
