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Abassian en · ADJ

Etymology

From Abassia + -an.

Meanings

1. (historical, not-comparable, rare) Synonym of Abyssinian.
   • Did the Eunuch converted by Philip, Act. 8. or the Jaylor and Lydia converted by Paul, Act. 16. or the 3000 converted by Peter, Act. 2. receive faith on the authority of the Catholick Church? Or the Indians when converted by Frumentius and Edeſus? or the Abaſſian Empire that till lately knew nothing of the Pope and his pretenſions? 1679, Richard Baxter, “Mr. Iohnson’s (alias Terret’s) Explication of seven Terms of our Questions examined, and his confusion manifested”, in Which Is the True Church? The Whole Christian World, as Headed Only by Christ, (of Which the Reformed Are the Soundest Part) or, the Pope of Rome and His Subjects as Such? […], London: […] Richard Ianeway, […], →OCLC, chapter I, page 10:
   • And there behold the lakes wherein the Nile is born, a truth the ancients never knew; see how he bathes, ’gendering the crocodile, th’ Abassian land, where man to Christ is true. 1872, Richard F[rancis] Burton, “Preparations for Departure”, in Zanzibar; City, Island, and Coast. […], volume II, London: Tinsley Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 6:
   • The chief Abassian tribes in the northern parts of the Caucasus, and south of the Kuban, lie from east to west; […] 1854, Max Müller, “Abassians”, in Suggestions for the Assistance of Officers in Learning the Languages of the Seat of War in the East. […], London: Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans, […], page 120:

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Synonyms

Abyssinian