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Abassian en · NOUN

Etymology

From Abassia + -an.

Meanings

1. (historical, rare) Synonym of Abyssinian.
   • Adea payeth tribute to the Abaſſian. In this Kingdome is Magadazzo [i.e., Mogadishu], being it ſelfe a pettie Kingdome of the Moores, which are of an Oliue colour. 1613, Samuel Purchas, “[Relations of the Regions and Religions in Africa.] Of other Countries betweene the Redde Sea and Benomotapa.”, in Purchas His Pilgrimage. Or Relations of the World and the Religions Observed in All Ages and Places Discouered, from the Creation vnto this Present. […], London: […] William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, […], →OCLC, book VII (Of Æthiopia, and the African Ilands; and of Their Religions), page 572:
   • And the Abaſſians that received the Goſpel from the Eunuch and St. Matthew, being before too much addicted to ſome Jewiſh ceremonies and never cured of them, retain them as by Tradition to this day. 1679, Richard Baxter, “The Third Part: A Defence of my Arguments to prove, That the Church of which the Protestants are members, hath been visible ever since the daies of Christ on Earth”, 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 155:
   • The Abassians [Abyssinians] say that they have more territory above the source of the Nile than below, that is, toward us. 2007, Evelyn Edson, “Fra Mauro: The Debate on the Map”, in The World Map, 1300–1492: The Persistence of Tradition and Transformation, Baltimore, Md.: The Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 154:
   • The Abassians have occupied their present seats on the Black Sea at least since the Christian era. 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:

Forms

Synonyms

Abyssinian