Ama
ama
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.
Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Ama
(Or Amma.)
A Semitic term meaning mother, adopted by the Copts and the Greeks as a title of honour applied to religious and ladies of high rank. In Coptic inscriptions, according to Leclercq, it is given to both of these categories of personages. The Greeks seem to have used it generally in the same sense as the Latin abbatissa or abbess.
(2) Ama (amula). A vessel in which the wine offered by the people for the Holy Sacrifice was received (Ordo Romans 1:13). Pope Adrian I (772-795) presented to the Church of St. Adrian ama una (Liber Pont. I, 510).
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MAURICE M. HASSETT Transcribed by J. Christopher McConnell
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume ICopyright © 1907 by Robert Appleton CompanyOnline Edition Copyright © 2003 by K. KnightNihil Obstat, March 1, 1907. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., CensorImprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York
Fuente: Catholic Encyclopedia
Ama
in Indian mythology, was a popular name of the goddess Bhavani, or Parvati.