Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AB-YS-SIN'I-ANS
AB-YS-SIN'I-ANS, n.
A sect of Christians in Abyssinia who admit but one nature in Jesus Christ, and reject the council of Chalcedon. They are governed by a bishop, or metropolitan, called Abuna, who is appointed by the Coptic patriarch of Cairo. – Encyc.
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