`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
English language
Toggle Transcript
father::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | padre |
| Type of | title of respect, form of address, priest, title |
father::noun | Spocien Dictionary
(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
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | church father, father of the church |
| Type of | theologian, theologizer, theologist, theologiser |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | forefather, sire |
| Type of | ascendant, antecedent, ancestor, root, ascendent |
| Has types | patriarch |
keep the faith of our forefathers.
father::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | father-god, fatherhood |
father::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | beginner, founder, founding father |
| Type of | originator, conceiver, mastermind |
| Has types | coloniser, foundress, colonizer, cofounder |
George Washington is the father of his country.
father::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | leader |
the tennis fathers ruled in her favor.
the city fathers endorsed the proposal.
Examples of father
father
Les Easter said he let his father talk, and military segregation didn't come up.
From the stltoday.com
His father was turned away when he tried to relay those allegations to the Army.
From the thenewstribune.com
The bridegroom's father with a gold-plated automatic pistol tucked in his pants.
From the washingtontimes.com
Father Wassim Sabih begged the jihadists to spare the lives of his parishioners.
From the washingtontimes.com
Carlile hustled out and, after handing the boy to his father, dived back inside.
From the sacbee.com
On Tuesday he wiggled his toe in response to a nurse's request, his father said.
From the sacbee.com
Casto said he watched in horror when his father was shot to death on the street.
From the thenewstribune.com
He was described by neighbors as hardworking and a proud father of two children.
From the thenewstribune.com
At least I didn't get slapped with Skye's description of her 35-year-old father.
From the news-journalonline.com
- A male parent (also used as a term of address to your father); "his father was born in Atlanta"
- Beget: make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them"
- Forefather: the founder of a family; "keep the faith of our forefathers"
- `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
- A person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization; "the tennis fathers ruled in her favor"; "the city fathers endorsed the proposal"
- God when considered as the first person in the Trinity; "hear our prayers, Heavenly Father"
- A father is defined as a male parent of any type of offspring. The adjective "paternal" refers to father, parallel to "maternal" for mother.
- Father is a 1990 film about a retired German immigrant living in Australia, Joe Muller (Max von Sydow), who is accused of being a former Nazi who committed war crimes in the Second World War by a strange woman called Iya Zetnick (Julia Blake). ...
- Father is a 2000 Chinese film directed by the writer Wang Shuo. To date, it is Wang's first and only directorial effort. The film is based on Wang's own novel, Wo Shi Ni Baba (English: I Am Your Father). ...
