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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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get make dad mother head daddy chief papa pop create leader priest title pa parent root sire ancestor founder generate beginner dada padre mastermind fatherly patriarch beget pappa fatherhood theologian ascendant originator forefather pater engender antecedent colonizer cofounder title of respect form of address begetter male parent old man father-in-law church father father of the church theologizer theologist theologiser ascendent bring forth don top dog father-god founding father conceiver coloniser foundress