Father en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈfɑːðə(ɹ)/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
See father.
Meanings
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A title given to priests.
On a merchant ship, Father Sinclair had to do safety drills every 10 days. On a fishing vessel, it’s monthly, and there is no requirement to check the log to see if the drill has been done or done correctly.
2025 October 21, Rose George, “‘I knew in my head we were dying’: the last voyage of the Scandies Rose”, in The Guardian:Father Smith, the social action director of the archdiocese, and Father William Killian, executive editor of the archdiocesan weekly, went to Brownsville, joined the field workers in picketing, attended several rallies, and marched in an eight-mile “pilgrimage.” They were arrested by local authorities for trespassing on private property and sent back to San Antonio. When Fathers Smith and Killian returned to the valley in early 1967 in defiance of Lucey’s specific orders, Lucey removed Smith as social action director and demoted Killian and several other activist priests for violating protocol.
2006, David A. Badillo, “Powers of the Prelates: Urban Hierarchies Contrasted”, in Latinos and the New Immigrant Church, Baltimore, Md.: The Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 73:Father Thomas was a good priest.
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One of the chief ecclesiastical authorities of the first centuries after Christ.
the Latin, Greek, or apostolic Fathers
- A title given to the personification of a force of nature or abstract concept, such as Father Time or Father Frost.
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(historical) A senator of Ancient Rome.
Claudius put a stop to these executions, and the Conscript Fathers, repenting, placed Gallienus among the divi , — which was equivalent to the maintenance of his acts.
1886, Victor Duruy, John Pentland Mahaffy, History of Rome, page 275:When Romulus had left the earth and had become a god, the Fathers met together and appointed intermediate kings from the senate, to reign in turn each for five days, in the place of the king, till a new king should be chosen.
1886, Wilhelm Ihne, Early Rome, page 37:His duties were to command the army, to perform certain sacrifices (as high priest), and to preside over the assembly of the Fathers of the families, which was called the Senate, i. e. an assembly of old men (Senex).
1890, Robert Franklin Pennell, Ancient Rome from the Earliest Times Down to 476 A.D., page 9:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fr. | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Fathers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (39)
be ба́цюшка (term of address for a Christian priest) · ta திருதந்தை (term of address for a Christian priest) · ru свято́й оте́ц (term of address for a Christian priest) · el πάτερ (term of address for a Christian priest) · pt padre (term of address for a Christian priest) · sh otac (term of address for a Christian priest) · mk о́че (term of address for a Christian priest) · fa پدر (term of address for a Christian priest) · nl eerwaarde (term of address for a Christian priest) · hu atya (term of address for a Christian priest) · cmn 神父 (term of address for a Christian priest) · yue 神父 (term of address for a Christian priest) · nl mijnheer pastoor (term of address for a Christian priest) · ja 神父 (term of address for a Christian priest) · es padre (term of address for a Christian priest) · uk оте́ць (term of address for a Christian priest) · mk о́тец (term of address for a Christian priest) · ml അച്ഛന് (term of address for a Christian priest) · sq atë (term of address for a Christian priest) · fi Isä (term of address for a Christian priest) · nb fader (term of address for a Christian priest) · fr Père (term of address for a Christian priest) · nl pater (term of address for a Christian priest) · ru ба́тюшка (term of address for a Christian priest) · ml പിതാവ് (term of address for a Christian priest) · ml പള്ളിയിലച്ഛന് (term of address for a Christian priest) · sw baba (term of address for a Christian priest) · it padre (term of address for a Christian priest) · be айце́ц (term of address for a Christian priest) · id rama (term of address for a Christian priest) · de Pater (term of address for a Christian priest) · mt dun (term of address for a Christian priest) · io patro (term of address for a Christian priest) · de Vater (term of address for a Christian priest) · nan-hbl 神父 (term of address for a Christian priest) · pl ojciec (term of address for a Christian priest) · sh отац (term of address for a Christian priest) · ro pater (term of address for a Christian priest) · th หลวงพ่อ (term of address for a Christian priest)