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abunas

abunas is the plural of abuna.

Meaning of abuna

Noun

abuna (plural abunas)

  1. The Patriarch, or head of the Abyssinian Church.
    • Around these leaders are still numerous hereditary dynasties of non-monastic clergy who, over the centuries, might swarm in their thousands to seek ordination on the abun’s rare visits to their area.2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 242

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Noun capitalized: Abunas

Abunas

  1. (plural) plural of Abuna

Questions about abunas

What is abunas the plural of?
Abunas is the plural of abuna.
What part of speech is abunas?
Abunas is a noun.

Words near abunas in the dictionary

  1. Abulug
  2. abumbral
  3. abumbrellar
  4. abun
  5. abuna
  6. abunas
  7. abundance
  8. abundance of caution
  9. abundances
  10. abundancies
  11. abundancy

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