abba

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Abba is an honorific title used in early Christian monasticism, particularly in the Desert Fathers tradition, to denote a spiritual father or elder.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Abba 6
abba canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (25)

Predicate Object
instanceOf honorific title ⓘ
religious title ⓘ
appearsIn sayings of the Desert Fathers ⓘ
associatedWith Christian asceticism ⓘ
Christian monastic titles ⓘ
Christian spirituality ⓘ
contrastedWith biological father ⓘ
denotes spiritual elder ⓘ
spiritual father ⓘ
etymologicallyRelatedTo Hebrew word "abba" ⓘ
function expresses respect and spiritual authority ⓘ
languageOfOrigin Aramaic ⓘ
meaning father ⓘ
regionOfUse Egypt ⓘ
Syriac-speaking Christian communities ⓘ
relatedConcept monastic obedience ⓘ
spiritual fatherhood ⓘ
religiousContext Christianity ⓘ
roleInCommunity title for monastic leaders ⓘ
title for spiritual guides ⓘ
timePeriodOfProminentUse Late Antiquity ⓘ
usedAs form of address for elders ⓘ
usedBy Christian monks ⓘ
usedIn Desert Fathers tradition ⓘ
linked to: Desert Fathers

early Christian monasticism ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Poemen the Great → role → abba ⓘ
Abba Ahimeir → givenName → Abba ⓘ
linked to: abba
Abra Stone → hasAlias → Abba ⓘ
linked to: abba
Abba Kabir Yusuf → givenName → Abba ⓘ
linked to: abba
Abba Ahimeir → givenName → Abba ⓘ
subject linked to: Ahimeir
linked to: abba
Partzufim → hasPartzuf → Abba ⓘ
subject linked to: Partzufim (divine personae)
linked to: abba
Chokhmah → associatedWith → Abba ⓘ
linked to: abba