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Collation :: Collation (v. t.) A collection of the Lives of the Fathers or other devout work read daily in monasteries.

Beaupere :: Beaupere (n.) A father.

Oblique :: Oblique (a.) Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.

Spnsorial :: Sponsor (n.) One who at the baptism of an infant professore the christian faith in its name, and guarantees its religious education; a godfather or godmother..

Patriarch :: Patriarch (n.) The father and ruler of a family; one who governs his family or descendants by paternal right; -- usually applied to heads of families in ancient history, especially in Biblical and Jewish history to those who lived before the time of Moses..

Father :: Father (n.) The Supreme Being and Creator; God; in theology, the first person in the Trinity..

Patristics :: Patristics (n.) That departnent of historical theology which treats of the lives and doctrines of the Fathers of the church.

Son :: Son (n.) A male child; the male issue, or offspring, of a parent, father or mother..

Transmission :: Transmission (n.) The act of transmitting, or the state of being transmitted; as, the transmission of letters, writings, papers, news, and the like, from one country to another; the transmission of rights, titles, or privileges, from father to son, or from one generation to another..

Godfather :: Godfather (v. t.) To act as godfather to; to take under one's fostering care.

Arms :: Arms (n.) The ensigns armorial of a family, consisting of figures and colors borne in shields, banners, etc., as marks of dignity and distinction, and descending from father to son..

Sire :: Sire (n.) A father; the head of a family; the husband.

Patrimony :: Patrimony (n.) A right or estate inherited from one's father; or, in a larger sense, from any ancestor..

Brother :: Brother (n.) A male person who has the same father and mother with another person, or who has one of them only. In the latter case he is more definitely called a half brother, or brother of the half blood..

Progenitor :: Progenitor (n.) An ancestor in the direct line; a forefather.

Tradition :: Tradition (n.) Hence, that which is transmitted orally from father to son, or from ancestors to posterity; knowledge or belief transmitted without the aid of written memorials; custom or practice long observed..

Family :: Family (v. t.) Those who descend from one common progenitor; a tribe, clan, or race; kindred; house; as, the human family; the family of Abraham; the father of a family..

Patronymic :: Patronymic (n.) A modification of the father's name borne by the son; a name derived from that of a parent or ancestor; as, Pelides, the son of Peleus; Johnson, the son of John; Macdonald, the son of Donald; Paulowitz, the son of Paul; also, the surname of a family; the family name..

Fatherly :: Fatherly (a.) Of or pertaining to a father.

Compaternity :: Compaternity (n.) The relation of a godfather to a person.

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