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

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..

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.

Tradition :: Tradition (n.) Hence, that which is transmitted orally from father to son, or from ancestors to posterity; knowledge or belief transmitted without the aid of written memorials; custom or practice long observed..

Own :: Own (a.) Belonging to; belonging exclusively or especially to; peculiar; -- most frequently following a possessive pronoun, as my, our, thy, your, his, her, its, their, in order to emphasize or intensify the idea of property, peculiar interest, or exclusive ownership; as, my own father; my own composition; my own idea; at my own price..

Parent :: Parent (n.) One who begets, or brings forth, offspring; a father or a mother..

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

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

Unfathered :: Unfathered (a.) Having no acknowledged father; hence, illegitimate; spurious; bastard..

After :: After (prep.) In imitation of; in conformity with; after the manner of; as, to make a thing after a model; a picture after Rubens; the boy takes after his father..

Quartter :: Quartter (v. t.) To arrange (different coats of arms) upon one escutcheon, as when a man inherits from both father and mother the right to bear arms..

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..

Affiliation :: Affiliation (n.) The establishment or ascertaining of parentage; the assignment of a child, as a bastard, to its father; filiation..

Begetter :: Begetter (n.) One who begets; a father.

Paternity :: Paternity (n.) The relation of a father to his child; fathership; fatherhood; family headship; as, the divine paternity..

Forbear :: Forbear (n.) An ancestor; a forefather; -- usually in the plural.

Motherland :: Motherland (n.) The country of one's ancestors; -- same as fatherland.

Father :: Father (n.) A respectful mode of address to an old man.

Fatherly :: Fatherly (a.) Like a father in affection and care; paternal; tender; protecting; careful.

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..

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