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Ama
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
Semitic word meaning:
(1) mother, applied by Copts and Greeks to nuns and to ladies of rank;
(2) vessel in which the wine offered by the people for the Holy Sacrifice was Teceived in the early Church.
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Entry for 'Ama'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/a/ama.html. 1910.