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Patrizate :: Patrizate (v. i.) To imitate one's father.

Father :: Father (n.) A senator of ancient Rome.

Putative :: Putative (a.) Commonly thought or deemed; supposed; reputed; as, the putative father of a child..

Father Longlegs :: Father longlegs () See Daddy longlegs, 2..

Eunomian :: Eunomian (n.) A follower of Eunomius, bishop of Cyzicus (4th century A. D.), who held that Christ was not God but a created being, having a nature different from that of the Father..

Lead :: Lead (v. t.) To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection; as, a father leads a child; a jockey leads a horse with a halter; a dog leads a blind man..

Fatherland :: Fatherland (n.) One's native land; the native land of one's fathers or ancestors.

Beget :: Beget (v. t.) To procreate, as a father or sire; to generate; -- commonly said of the father..

Stephanion :: Stepfather (n.) The husband of one's mother by a subsequent marriage.

Godson :: Godson (n.) A male for whom one has stood sponsor in baptism. See Godfather.

Peculium :: Peculium (n.) The saving of a son or a slave with the father's or master's consent; a little property or stock of one's own; any exclusive personal or separate property.

Semi-arian :: Semi-Arian (n.) A member of a branch of the Arians which did not acknowledge the Son to be consubstantial with the Father, that is, of the same substance, but admitted him to be of a like substance with the Father, not by nature, but by a peculiar privilege..

Arian :: Arian (a.) Pertaining to Arius, a presbyter of the church of Alexandria, in the fourth century, or to the doctrines of Arius, who held Christ to be inferior to God the Father in nature and dignity, though the first and noblest of all created beings..

Heteroousian :: Heteroousian (n.) One of those Arians who held that the Son was of a different substance from the Father.

Quarrel :: Quarrel (n.) A breach of concord, amity, or obligation; a falling out; a difference; a disagreement; an antagonism in opinion, feeling, or conduct; esp., an angry dispute, contest, or strife; a brawl; an altercation; as, he had a quarrel with his father about expenses..

Abdicate :: Abdicate (v. t.) To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit..

Gavelkind :: Gavelkind (n.) A tenure by which land descended from the father to all his sons in equal portions, and the land of a brother, dying without issue, descended equally to his brothers. It still prevails in the county of Kent..

Typhon :: Typhon (n.) According to Hesiod, the son of Typhoeus, and father of the winds, but later identified with him..

Lady :: Lady (n.) A woman of social distinction or position. In England, a title prefixed to the name of any woman whose husband is not of lower rank than a baron, or whose father was a nobleman not lower than an earl. The wife of a baronet or knight has the title of Lady by courtesy, but not by right..

Fatherless :: Fatherless (a.) Destitute of a living father; as, a fatherless child..

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