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noun`Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church); `Padre' is frequently used in the military
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"his father was born in Atlanta"nouna male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
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noun(Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine; in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church; the best known Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom
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"keep the faith of our forefathers"nounthe founder of a family
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"John fathered four daughters"verbmake (offspring) by reproduction
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nounthe head of an organized crime family
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nounGod when considered as the first person in the Trinity
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"George Washington is the father of his country"nouna person who founds or establishes some institution
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"the tennis fathers ruled in her favor" "the city fathers endorsed the proposal"nouna person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organizationtype of:
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- "his father was born in Atlanta"
- "keep the faith of our forefathers"
- "John fathered four daughters"
- "George Washington is the father of his country"
- "the tennis fathers ruled in her favor"
- "the city fathers endorsed the proposal"