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Collation :: Collation (v. t.) A collection of the Lives of the Fathers or other devout work read daily in monasteries.

Foster :: Foster (v. t.) Relating to nourishment; affording, receiving, or sharing nourishment or nurture; -- applied to father, mother, child, brother, etc., to indicate that the person so called stands in the relation of parent, child, brother, etc., as regards sustenance and nurture, but not by tie of blood..

Father :: Father (v. t.) To take as one's own child; to adopt; hence, to assume as one's own work; to acknowledge one's self author of or responsible for (a statement, policy, etc.)..

Gossip :: Gossip (n.) A sponsor; a godfather or a godmother.

Fatherliness :: Fatherliness (n.) The qualities of a father; parantal kindness, care, etc..

Suscipiency :: Susceptor (n.) One who undertakes anything; specifically, a godfather; a sponsor; a guardian..

Orphan :: Orphan (n.) A child bereaved of both father and mother; sometimes, also, a child who has but one parent living..

Father-in-law :: Father-in-law (n.) The father of one's husband or wife; -- correlative to son-in-law and daughter-in-law.

Cosinage :: Cosinage (n.) A writ to recover possession of an estate in lands, when a stranger has entered, after the death of the grandfather's grandfather, or other distant collateral relation..

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..

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..

Paternity :: Paternity (n.) Derivation or descent from a father; male parentage; as, the paternity of a child..

Family :: Family (v. t.) Those who descend from one common progenitor; a tribe, clan, or race; kindred; house; as, the human family; the family of Abraham; the father of a family..

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..

Hypostasis :: Hypostasis (n.) Substance; subsistence; essence; person; personality; -- used by the early theologians to denote any one of the three subdivisions of the Godhead, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit..

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

Generous :: Generous (a.) Open-handed; free to give; not close or niggardly; munificent; as, a generous friend or father..

Godson :: Godson (n.) A male for whom one has stood sponsor in baptism. See Godfather.

Great-grandfather :: Great-grandfather (n.) The father of one's grandfather or grandmother.

Father Longlegs :: Father longlegs () See Daddy longlegs, 2..

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