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(Aram., Syr., abba, ‘father’).

The head of a Christian monastic community, especially in the Benedictine or Cistercian traditions. The term is used in translation for the head of communities in ...

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in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (2 rev) Length: 92 words
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in The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (3 rev) Length: 671 words
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in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1 rev) Length: 43 words
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in Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages Length: 492 words

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