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Abba vs Abbe - What's the difference?

abba | abbe |

As nouns the difference between abba and abbe

is that abba is 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 while abbé is a French abbot, the (male) head of an abbey.

abba

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl), from (etyl), from (etyl), from (etyl) ; see (abbot).

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Christianity, 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.

    • Etymology 2

    Variant forms.

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    abbe

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    Alternative forms

    * abbe

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A French abbot, the (male) head of an abbey.
  • (An honorific title for) a member of the French clergy.

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