Abuna
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Abuna
From Arabic, equivalent to abū “father” + -nā “our”
Example Sentences
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"Truly speaking, this year, we Ethiopians are not celebrating the festival in full happiness," said Archbishop Abuna Markos, resplendent in a white robe with gold trim and embroidered silver crosses and blue floral designs.
From Reuters ● Sep. 27, 2022
To Cairo and the Coptic pope, Patriarch Markarius III, the gentle Negus sent a rough message: the next Abuna, or archbishop, of Ethiopia must be an Ethiopian, not an Egyptian.
From Time Magazine Archive
But the Abuna continually vexes the King of Kings and the proud Ethiopian court: he offends the country's growing nationalism.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Abuna, scholarly head of 5,000,000 Ethiopian Coptic Christians, has for hundreds of years been a monk chosen by the Egyptian Patriarch from the monastery of St. Anthony in Cairo.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the descent we passed a Maronite priest riding, attended by a guide on foot; the former was greeted by our party with his title of Abuna, a novelty to us Jerusalemites.
From Byeways in Palestine by James Finn
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