Definition of father

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Father (n.) The Supreme Being and Creator; God; in theology, the first person in the Trinity..

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Putative :: Putative (a.) Commonly thought or deemed; supposed; reputed; as, the putative father of a child..
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..
Progenitor :: Progenitor (n.) An ancestor in the direct line; a forefather.
Granduncle :: Granduncle (n.) A father's or mother's uncle.
Suscipiency :: Susceptor (n.) One who undertakes anything; specifically, a godfather; a sponsor; a guardian..
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..
Filoplume :: Filoplume (n.) A hairlike feather; a father with a slender scape and without a web in most or all of its length.
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..
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..
Patristical :: Patristical (a.) Of or pertaining to the Fathers of the Christian church.
Dad :: Dad (n.) Father; -- a word sometimes used by children.
Reverence :: Reverence (n.) A person entitled to be revered; -- a title applied to priests or other ministers with the pronouns his or your; sometimes poetically to a 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..
Mameluco :: Mameluco (n.) A child born of a white father and Indian mother.
Besayle :: Besayle (n.) A great-grandfather.
Agnate :: Agnate (a.) Related or akin by the father's side; also, sprung from the same male ancestor..
Heteroousian :: Heteroousian (n.) One of those Arians who held that the Son was of a different substance from the Father.
Stepchild :: Stepchild (n.) A bereaved child; one who has lost father or mother.
Grandmother :: Grandmother (n.) The mother of one's father or mother.
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..
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