Father
Definition of Father
Fa´ther Pronunciation: fä´thẽr | n. | 1. | One who has begotten a child, whether son or daughter; a generator; a male parent. | | 2. | A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor; a founder of a race or family; - in the plural, fathers, ancestors.Abraham, who is the father of us all. - Rom. iv. 16. | | 3. | One who performs the offices of a parent by maintenance, affetionate care, counsel, or protection.I was a father to the poor. - Job xxix. 16. | | 4. | A respectful mode of address to an old man. | | 5. | A senator of ancient Rome. | | 6. | A dignitary of the church, a superior of a convent, a confessor (called also father confessor), or a priest; also, the eldest member of a profession, or of a legislative assembly, etc. | | 7. | One of the chief ecclesiastical authorities of the first centuries after Christ; - often spoken of collectively as the Fathers; as, the Latin, Greek, or apostolic Fathers. | | 8. | One who, or that which, gives origin; an originator; a producer, author, or contriver; the first to practice any art, profession, or occupation; a distinguished example or teacher.The father of good news. - Shak. | | 9. | The Supreme Being and Creator; God; in theology, the first person in the Trinity.Our Father, which art in heaven. - Matt. vi. 9. | The Holy Father | | (R. C. Ch.) the pope. |
| | v. t. | 1. | To make one's self the father of; to beget. | | 2. | 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.). | | 3. | To provide with a father. |
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