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Abba, ae, false read. in Liv. 30, 7, 10, Instead of Obba, q. v.)

abba, indecl., = ἀββᾶ [Chald. Abba, Heb. ab], father, Vulg. Marc. 14, 36; ib. Rom. 8, 15; ib. Gal. 4, 6.

abbās, ātis, m. [avus, avia], the head of an ecclesiastical community, an abbot (eccl. Lat.), Sid. 16, 114; Inscr. Mommsen, 3485 (A. D. 468).
Hence, abbātissa, ae, f., an abbess, Inscr. Mommsen, 3896 (A. D. 570); and abbātĭa, ae, f., an abbey (eccl. Lat.), Hler.

Abbassus, i, f., = Ἄμβασον, Abbassus, a town in Phrygia, Liv. 38, 15 fin.

abbrĕviătio, ōnis, f. [abbrevio], an abbreviation, a diminution, Vulg. Isa. 10, 23.

ab-brĕvĭo, āre, v. freq. a. [ab or adbrevio], to shorten, abridge, Veg. Mil. 3 prol.; Vulg. Isa. 10, 22; ib. Rom. 9, 28.