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Besayle :: Besayle (n.) A kind of writ which formerly lay where a great-grandfather died seized of lands in fee simple, and on the day of his death a stranger abated or entered and kept the heir out. This is now abolished..

Godfather :: Godfather (n.) A man who becomes sponsor for a child at baptism, and makes himself a surety for its Christian training and instruction..

Traditive :: Traditive (a.) Transmitted or transmissible from father to son, or from age, by oral communication; traditional..

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..

Paternal :: Paternal (a.) Received or derived from a father; hereditary; as, a paternal estate..

Redemptorist :: Redemptorist (n.) One of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, founded in Naples in 1732 by St. Alphonsus Maria de Liquori. It was introduced onto the United States in 1832 at Detroit. The Fathers of the Congregation devote themselves to preaching to the neglected, esp. in missions and retreats, and are forbidden by their rule to engage in the instruction of youth..

Abba :: Abba (n.) Father; religious superior; -- in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the patriarch..

Fader :: Fader (n.) Father.

Fatherhood :: Fatherhood (n.) The state of being a father; the character or authority of a father; paternity.

Agnate :: Agnate (a.) Related or akin by the father's side; also, sprung from the same male ancestor..

Tritheism :: Tritheism (n.) The opinion or doctrine that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are three distinct Gods..

Homoiousian :: Homoiousian (n.) One of the semi-Arians of the 4th century, who held that the Son was of like, but not the same, essence or substance with the Father; -- opposed to homoousian..

Half Blood :: Half blood () The relation between persons born of the same father or of the same mother, but not of both; as, a brother or sister of the half blood. See Blood, n., 2 and 4..

Tresayle :: Tresayle (n.) A grandfather's grandfather.

Legitim :: Legitim (a.) The portion of movable estate to which the children are entitled upon the death of the father.

Grand :: Grand (superl.) Standing in the second or some more remote degree of parentage or descent; -- generalIy used in composition; as, grandfather, grandson, grandchild, etc..

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

Testamentary :: Testamentary (a.) Done, appointed by, or founded on, a testament, or will; as, a testamentary guardian of a minor, who may be appointed by the will of a father to act in that capacity until the child becomes of age..

Dad :: Dad (n.) Father; -- a word sometimes used by children.

Grandpapa :: Grandpapa (n.) A grandfather.

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