"Abuna" is a word in ENGLISH

Father; religious superior; -- in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the …

Pertaining to Abraham, the patriarch; as, the Abrachamic covenant.

An aged man; a patriarch. Hence: A governor; a ruler; a person of influence.

Having its own head; independent of episcopal or patriarchal jurisdiction, as certain Greek churches.

The spiritual head of the Armenian church, who resides at Etchmiadzin, Russia, and has ecclesiastical jurisdiction over, and consecrates the …

A follower of Damian, patriarch of Alexandria in the 6th century, who held heretical opinions on the doctrine of the …

A system of principles, promises, and rules ordained and administered; scheme; economy; as, the Patriarchal, Mosaic, and Christian dispensations.

A follower of Eudoxius, patriarch of Antioch and Constantinople in the 4th century, and a celebrated defender of the doctrines …

A viceroy; in Ravenna, the title of the viceroys of the Byzantine emperors; in the Eastern Church, the superior over …

A form of government administered in the church by patriarchs, metropolitans, archbishops, bishops, and, in an inferior degree, by priests.

Relating to the patriarch Abraham.

A Hebrew patriarch (son of Isaac, and ancestor of the Jews), who in a vision saw a ladder reaching up …

A bishop whose see is civil metropolis. His rank is intermediate between that of an archbishop and a patriarch.

An adherent of Nestorius, patriarch of Constantinople to the fifth century, who has condemned as a heretic for maintaining that …

Of or pertaining to the patriarch Noah, or to his time.

A patriarch of Biblical history, in the time of the Deluge.

(1) A collection of can-ons and imperial laws relative or conform-able thereto. The first nomocanon was made by Johannes Scholastlcus …

The father and ruler of a family; one who governs his family or descendants by paternal right; -- usually applied …

A venerable old man; an elder. Also used figuratively.

A dignitary superior to the order of archbishops; as, the patriarch of Constantinople, of Alexandria, or of Antioch.