Meaning of Abassian | Babel Free

Definitions

Synonym of Abyssinian.

historical, rare

Examples

“Adea payeth tribute to the Abaſſian. In this Kingdome is Magadazzo [i.e., Mogadishu], being it ſelfe a pettie Kingdome of the Moores, which are of an Oliue colour.”

“And the Abaſſians that received the Goſpel from the Eunuch and St. Matthew, being before too much addicted to ſome Jewiſh ceremonies and never cured of them, retain them as by Tradition to this day.”

“The Abassians have occupied their present seats on the Black Sea at least since the Christian era.”

“The Abassians [Abyssinians] say that they have more territory above the source of the Nile than below, that is, toward us.”

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