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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Noetian :: Noetian (n.) One of the followers of Noetus, who lived in the third century. He denied the distinct personality of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost..
Grandfatherly :: Grandfatherly (a.) Like a grandfather in age or manner; kind; benignant; indulgent.
Person :: Person (n.) Among Trinitarians, one of the three subdivisions of the Godhead (the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost); an hypostasis..
Uranus :: Uranus (n.) The son or husband of Gaia (Earth), and father of Chronos (Time) and the Titans..
Paternal :: Paternal (a.) Received or derived from a father; hereditary; as, a paternal estate..
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..
Pape :: Pape (n.) A spiritual father; specifically, the pope..
Father :: Father (n.) One who, or that which, gives origin; an originator; a producer, author, or contriver; the first to practice any art, profession, or occupation; a distinguished example or teacher..
Beget :: Beget (v. t.) To procreate, as a father or sire; to generate; -- commonly said of the father..
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..
Patricide :: Patricide (n.) The crime of one who murders his father. Same as Parricide.
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..
Traditive :: Traditive (a.) Transmitted or transmissible from father to son, or from age, by oral communication; traditional..
Father :: Father (v. t.) To make one's self the father of; to beget.
Father :: Father (n.) One who has begotten a child, whether son or daughter; a generator; a male parent..
Punish :: Punish (v. t.) To impose a penalty upon; to afflict with pain, loss, or suffering for a crime or fault, either with or without a view to the offender's amendment; to cause to suffer in retribution; to chasten; as, to punish traitors with death; a father punishes his child for willful disobedience..
Agnate :: Agnate (a.) Related or akin by the father's side; also, sprung from the same male ancestor..
Godchild :: Godchild (n.) One for whom a person becomes sponsor at baptism, and whom he promises to see educated as a Christian; a godson or goddaughter. See Godfather..
Modalist :: Modalist (n.) One who regards Father, Son, and Spirit as modes of being, and not as persons, thus denying personal distinction in the Trinity..
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..
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