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Abba vs Pater - What's the difference?

abba | pater |

As nouns the difference between abba and pater

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 pater is father.

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.

    Noun

    (en noun)

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    pater

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (formal) father

    • Derived terms

    * paternal * paternity * patricide * patrilineage * patrilineal * patrimony * pater familias

    See also

    * mater * padre * patrician

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