• (RP) IPA: /ˈæb.ə/, /æˈbɑ/
• (America) IPA: /ˈæb.ə/, /æˈbɑ/

abba (plural abbas)

1. (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.

abba (plural abbas)

1. Alternative form of aba

• (RP) IPA: /ˈæb.ə/, /æˈbɑ/
• (America) IPA: /ˈæb.ə/, /æˈbɑ/

abba (plural abbas)

1. (Christianity) Father, an honorific title given to God in the New Testament, especially used in prayers. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Galatians 4:6 ↗:

     And because yee are sonnes, God hath sent foorth the spirit of his Sonne into your hearts, crying Abba, Father.