n. [ Syriac abbā father. See Abbot. ] Father; religious superior; -- in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the patriarch. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
a. [ LL. abbatialis : cf. F. abbatial. ] Belonging to an abbey;
a. Abbatial. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]