Definition of father

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Father (n.) A senator of ancient Rome.

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Unfathered :: Unfathered (a.) Having no acknowledged father; hence, illegitimate; spurious; bastard..
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..
Godfather :: Godfather (v. t.) To act as godfather to; to take under one's fostering care.
Daddy Longlegs :: Daddy longlegs () A name applied to many species of dipterous insects of the genus Tipula, and allied genera, with slender bodies, and very long, slender legs; the crane fly; -- called also father longlegs..
Stepson :: Stepsister (n.) A daughter of one's stepfather or stepmother by a former marriage.
Father :: Father (n.) A dignitary of the church, a superior of a convent, a confessor (called also father confessor), or a priest; also, the eldest member of a profession, or of a legislative assembly, etc..
Grandfatherly :: Grandfatherly (a.) Like a grandfather in age or manner; kind; benignant; indulgent.
Succession :: Succession (n.) The power or right of succeeding to the station or title of a father or other predecessor; the right to enter upon the office, rank, position, etc., held ny another; also, the entrance into the office, station, or rank of a predecessor; specifically, the succeeding, or right of succeeding, to a throne..
Patrician :: Patrician (a.) Of or pertaining to the Roman patres (fathers) or senators, or patricians..
Tritheism :: Tritheism (n.) The opinion or doctrine that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are three distinct Gods..
Filiation :: Filiation (n.) The relationship of a son or child to a parent, esp. to a father..
Picture :: Picture (n.) An image or resemblance; a representation, either to the eye or to the mind; that which, by its likeness, brings vividly to mind some other thing; as, a child is the picture of his father; the man is the picture of grief..
Father :: Father (n.) A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor; a founder of a race or family; -- in the plural, fathers, ancestors..
Oratorian :: Oratorian (n.) See Fathers of the Oratory, under Oratory..
Patripassian :: Patripassian (n.) One of a body of believers in the early church who denied the independent preexistent personality of Christ, and who, accordingly, held that the Father suffered in the Son; a monarchian..
Mameluco :: Mameluco (n.) A child born of a white father and Indian mother.
Sabellian :: Sabellian (n.) A follower of Sabellius, a presbyter of Ptolemais in the third century, who maintained that there is but one person in the Godhead, and that the Son and Holy Spirit are only different powers, operations, or offices of the one God the Father..
Filoplume :: Filoplume (n.) A hairlike feather; a father with a slender scape and without a web in most or all of its length.
Testimony :: Testimony (n.) Affirmation; declaration; as, these doctrines are supported by the uniform testimony of the fathers; the belief of past facts must depend on the evidence of human testimony, or the testimony of historians..
Posthumous :: Posthumous (a.) Born after the death of the father, or taken from the dead body of the mother; as, a posthumous son or daughter..
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