Anba
father: a title of a clergyman or saint in the Coptic Church.
Historical Examples
Some say that throughout this ceremony sacred songs were sung: “anba iugqti waan gini,” They sat singing throughout the day.
Omaha sociology (1884 N 03 / 1881-1882 (pages 205-370)) James Owen Dorsey
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a son of Poseidon who joined the Argonauts and became helmsman of the Argo. a descendant of Lycurgus who, among the Argonauts, was second in strength only to Hercules. Historical Examples But the others held them back, and many of his comrades granted it to Ancaeus. The Argonautica Apollonius Rhodius
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