abuna

Speech parts

1. abuna - Noun

2. Abuna - Proper noun

Meaning

The Patriarch, or head of the Abyssinian Church.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

pope cardinal archbishop dean papa penitentiary bishop canon patriarch rector father priest primate chaplain pontiff
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Anagrams

Abuan

Examples

After the death of Abuna Takla Haymanot in 1988, Abune Merkorios who had close ties to the Derg (Communist) government was elected Patriarch of Ethiopia. Source: Internet

Burnt trees in the Amazon rainforest, near Abuna, Rondonia state, Brazil. Source: Internet

In places where there were a majority of Christians the Abuna will address them first and later the Mufti calling the people to end the violence and Vice-versa in the other locations where the majority were Muslims. Source: Internet

In the evening the Mufti and the Abuna went to the Radio Station and advised the citizens to end violence. Source: Internet

Finally, in 1959, Pope Kyrillos VI elevated the Abuna to Patriarch-Catholicos. Source: Internet

What you said about the Ethiopian church and its Abuna may have been true after the 7th century when Egypt fell under Arab occupation. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

abumbral abumbrellar abun abundance abundance of abundance of caution