Abbas

Definitions

1. A male given name from Arabic.
2. A surname from Arabic.
3. abbot
   obsolete
4. A placename affix, denoting previous ownership by an abbey
   England

Equivalents

Examples

“Abbot (Abbas) in French Abbè [abbé] […] him that in the convent or fellowſhip of Canons hath the rule⟳ and preheminence.”

“There were harsher comments from Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesman for Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas: "The negotiations are in a state of paralysis, and the result⟳ of Israel's intransigence and America's backpedalling is that there is no hope⟳ of negotiations on the horizon."”

“[It] comprises the out-parishes of Holy Trinity, St. James and Peter, the parishes of Cawn, St. Rumbold Motcomb, East Stower, Stower Provost, Todbere, Melbury Abbas, Compton Abbas[.]”

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