Definition of father

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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..

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Correlate :: Correlate (n.) One who, or that which, stands in a reciprocal relation to something else, as father to son; a correlative..
Son :: Son (n.) A male child; the male issue, or offspring, of a parent, father or mother..
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..
Begetter :: Begetter (n.) One who begets; a father.
Beget :: Beget (v. t.) To procreate, as a father or sire; to generate; -- commonly said of the father..
P :: P () the sixteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a nonvocal consonant whose form and value come from the Latin, into which language the letter was brought, through the ancient Greek, from the Phoenician, its probable origin being Egyptian. Etymologically P is most closely related to b, f, and v; as hobble, hopple; father, paternal; recipient, receive. See B, F, and M..
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..
On :: On (prep.) Forward, in succession; as, from father to son, from the son to the grandson, and so on..
Belsire :: Belsire (n.) A grandfather, or ancestor..
Tresayle :: Tresayle (n.) A grandfather's grandfather.
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..
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..
Patricide :: Patricide (n.) The murderer of his father.
Saturn :: Saturn (n.) One of the elder and principal deities, the son of Coelus and Terra (Heaven and Earth), and the father of Jupiter. The corresponding Greek divinity was Kro`nos, later CHro`nos, Time..
Favor :: Favor (n.) To resemble in features; to have the aspect or looks of; as, the child favors his father..
Godfather :: Godfather (v. t.) To act as godfather to; to take under one's fostering care.
Macedonian :: Macedonian (n.) One of a certain religious sect, followers of Macedonius, Bishop of Constantinople, in the fourth century, who held that the Holy Ghost was a creature, like the angels, and a servant of the Father and the Son..
Father :: Father (n.) A senator of ancient Rome.
Pape :: Pape (n.) A spiritual father; specifically, the pope..
Generous :: Generous (a.) Open-handed; free to give; not close or niggardly; munificent; as, a generous friend or father..
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