Definition of collyba
: small sweet cakes made of crushed wheat, raisins, nuts, almonds, and honey, and blessed and distributed on certain commemorative occasions in the Eastern Church
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Origin and Etymology of collyba
Greek kollyba sweet cakes, plural of kollybon, probably alteration of kollybos small coin
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