fathers

venerated leaders of ancient Christendom whose extant writings containing numerous scriptural citing provide a witness to the prevailing text of their day

An alternative term for "patristic writers " or in referrence to early church fathers

plural of father

An alternative term for "patristic writers "

third-person singular of father

Fathers of the Church

founders of the Christian Church

Father

God, the father of Creation

Father

One's father

I will only do what Father asks.

Founding Fathers

plural form of Founding Father

adoptive fathers

plural form of adoptive father

biological fathers

plural form of biological father

birth fathers

plural form of birth father

city fathers

plural form of city father

father

A term of address for an elderly man

Come, father; you can sit here.

father

A male who sires (and often raises) a child

My father was a strong influence on me.

father

To be a father to; to sire

Well, go to; we'll have no bastards live; Especially since Charles must father it.

success has many fathers, failure is an orphan

Many will seek credit for success, few will accept responsibility for failure

surrogate fathers

plural form of surrogate father

father

{v} to adopt a child, assign, ascribe

father

{n} one who begets a child, a parent, an old man, a protector

Apostolic Fathers

group of early Christian writers who lived not long after the Apostles; writings of these men

Ethics of the Fathers

{i} ninth and last in a series of Talmudic tractates concerning damages (Judaism)

Father

A title given to priests

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the group of men including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin who helped to start the US as a country and to establish its government. They wrote the US's most important political documents, including the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, and the Bill of Rights

Land of My Fathers

the English name of the national anthem (=official national song) of Wales

Pilgrim Fathers

the Pilgrim Fathers the group of English people who arrived to settle at Plymouth, Massachusetts in the US in 1620

be gathered to one's fathers

pass away, die

city fathers

You can refer to the members of a city council or city's government as the city fathers. The city fathers have just given final approval to a new stadium. the group of people who govern a city

city fathers

{i} founders of a city

father

The founder of a discipline or science

father

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

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In some Christian churches, priests are addressed or referred to as Father. Father Cats Father Coughlin Damien Father Divine Father Joseph Father Mother's Day and Father's Day power of the father

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father

{f} sire, beget; affirm one's fatherhood; care for as a father; invent, found; be responsible for

father

To give rise to

father

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father

A familiar or direct way of referring to some ordained clergy "Low Church" Episcopalians usually never use the term The title is abbreviated as "Fr " (e g Fr Alvin Kimel)

father

`Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church); `Padre' is frequently used in the military a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization; "the tennis fathers ruled in her favor"; "the city fathers endorsed the proposal

father

A respectful mode of address to an old man

father

a familiar or direct way of referring to some ordained clergy: the Reverend John F Marks, but--in personal conversation or in the salutation of a letter--Father Marks, Dear Father Marks Typically used of all Roman Catholic clergy and of some Episcopal clergy Be careful in using or not using this term: some clergy do not like it; others are offended if it is not used Usually the people who prefer the term assume that you know they prefer it There is no easy way to tell what the clergy preference is except by paying attention to letters, conversations, etc

father

the head of an organized crime family

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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

father

a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization; "the tennis fathers ruled in her favor"; "the city fathers endorsed the proposal"

father

In Roman Catholicism, in Orthodoxy, and to some degree in Anglicanism, people often address priests as father In general usage, if John Smith is a priest, he is called Father John, but if he is an Anglican priest, he might be called Father Smith Protestants do not call their clergy father, based on Matthew 23: 9, but they do not use the same reasoning to ban the term teacher (Matthew 23: 10), so the prohibition is mainly a reaction against Roman Catholic practice Groups who do use this term argue that the context (Matthew 23: 1-12) only forbids Christian leaders to use titles such as father and teacher hypocritically or for self-promotion They use 1 Corinthians 4: 15 as an example of how the term father can rightly be applied to a Christian leader However, if you are writing a letter to Father John, the address on the envelope should say The Reverend John

father

A person who plays the role of a father in some way

father

A male parent

father

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

father

The man who invented or started something is sometimes referred to as the father of that thing. Max Dupain, regarded as the father of modern photography

father

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father

Your father is your male parent. You can also call someone your father if he brings you up as if he was this man. His father was a painter He would be a good father to my children. Mr Stoneman, a father of five

father

A senator of ancient Rome

father

a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father); "his father was born in Atlanta"

father

One who has begotten a child, whether son or daughter; a generator; a male parent

father

God when considered as the first person in the Trinity; "hear our prayers, Heavenly Father" a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father); "his father was born in Atlanta" `Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church); `Padre' is frequently used in the military a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization; "the tennis fathers ruled in her favor"; "the city fathers endorsed the proposal

father

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father

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

father

A term of address for a Christian priest

father

(Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine; in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church; the best known Lation Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom

father

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

father

To provide with a father

father

The Supreme Being and Creator; God; in theology, the first person in the Trinity

father

make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them"

father

the founder of a family; "keep the faith of our forefathers"

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The Father is the Creator and the Source of Will in the Universe There is only one Father and one Will

father

a person who founds or establishes some institution; "George Washington is the father of his country"

father

To act as a father; to support and nurture

father

One who performs the offices of a parent by maintenance, affetionate care, counsel, or protection

father

{i} male parent; male ancestor; one who cares for others in a paternal manner; one who has founded or established something; elder of a town; priest; title of respect given to an older man

father

A banker provided by nature

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When a man fathers a child, he makes a woman pregnant and their child is born. She claims Mark fathered her child He fathered at least three children by the wives of other men

father

God when considered as the first person in the Trinity; "hear our prayers, Heavenly Father"

father

To make one's self the father of; to beget

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The apple does not fall far from the tree. - Like father, like son.

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. - Like father, like son.

first people to establish something, originators (of a country, constitution, etc.)

founding fathers

The delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787

sleep with one's fathers

sleep with one's ancestors

the Founding Fathers

group of men who participated in the writing and signing of the U.S. Constitution in 1787

the Three Fathers

Biblical Patriarchs, Abraham Isaac and Jacob

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Этимология

[ 'fä-[th]&r, 'f ] (noun.) before 12th century. Middle English fader, from Old English fæder; akin to Old High German fater father, Latin pater, Greek patEr.