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Abba

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Abba /ˈabə/

▶noun

1 (in the New Testament) God as father.

2 (in the Syrian Orthodox and Coptic Churches) a title given to bishops and patriarchs.

– origin via Gk from Aramaic 'abbā ‘father’.

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