Father
See also: father
English
Alternative forms
- Fr. (title given to priests)
Proper noun
Father
- (Christianity) God, the father of Creation
- A title given to priests.
- Father Thomas was a good priest.
- One of the chief ecclesiastical authorities of the first centuries after Christ.
- the Latin, Greek, or apostolic Fathers
- One's father.
- I will only do what Father asks.
- (Wicca) One of the triune gods of the Horned God in Wicca, representing a man, younger than the elderly Sage and older than the boyish Master.
- 2002, A. J. Drew, Wicca for Couples: Making Magick Together, page 89
- ...and our Lord as Master, Father, and Sage.
- 2003, A. J. Drew, Patricia Telesco, God/Goddess: Exploring and Celebrating the Two Sides of Wiccan Deity, page 38
- In respect to our Lord (God), these are the less known Master, Father, and Sage.
- 2002, A. J. Drew, Wicca for Couples: Making Magick Together, page 89
Antonyms
- (Wicca): Mother
Translations
God, the father of Creation
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term of address for a Christian priest
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