Definition of father

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Father (n.) One of the chief esslesiastical authorities of the first centuries after Christ; -- often spoken of collectively as the Fathers; as, the Latin, Greek, or apostolic Fathers..

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Favor :: Favor (n.) To resemble in features; to have the aspect or looks of; as, the child favors his father..
Forefather :: Forefather (n.) One who precedes another in the line of genealogy in any degree, but usually in a remote degree; an ancestor..
Testamentary :: Testamentary (a.) Done, appointed by, or founded on, a testament, or will; as, a testamentary guardian of a minor, who may be appointed by the will of a father to act in that capacity until the child becomes of age..
Owe :: Owe (v.) To have or possess, as something derived or bestowed; to be obliged to ascribe (something to some source); to be indebted or obliged for; as, he owed his wealth to his father; he owed his victory to his lieutenants..
Father :: Father (n.) The Supreme Being and Creator; God; in theology, the first person in the Trinity..
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..
Compaternity :: Compaternity (n.) The relation of a godfather to a person.
Legitim :: Legitim (a.) The portion of movable estate to which the children are entitled upon the death of the father.
Godfather :: Godfather (v. t.) To act as godfather to; to take under one's fostering care.
Fathership :: Fathership (n.) The state of being a father; fatherhood; paternity.
Patrician :: Patrician (n.) One familiar with the works of the Christian Fathers; one versed in patristic lore.
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..
Unfathered :: Unfathered (a.) Having no acknowledged father; hence, illegitimate; spurious; bastard..
Fatherly :: Fatherly (a.) Of or pertaining to a father.
Fader :: Fader (n.) Father.
Filiety :: Filiety (n.) The relation of a son to a father; sonship; -- the correlative of paternity.
Stepchild :: Stepbrother (n.) A brother by the marriage of one's father with the mother of another, or of one's mother with the father of another..
Heteroousian :: Heteroousian (n.) One of those Arians who held that the Son was of a different substance from the Father.
Paternal :: Paternal (a.) Received or derived from a father; hereditary; as, a paternal estate..
Grandpapa :: Grandpapa (n.) A grandfather.
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