"Father" meaning in English

See Father in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: See father. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Father
  1. (Christianity) God, the father of Creation. Categories (topical): Christianity Translations (God, the father of Creation): Vader (Afrikaans), Atë [masculine] (Albanian), اَلْآب (al-ʔāb) [masculine] (Arabic), باب (bab) (Central Kurdish), Atate (Chichewa), 天爸 (Thiⁿ-Pē) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 聖爸 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 圣爸 (Sèng-Pē) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 天父 (tin¹ fu⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 聖父 (Chinese Cantonese), 圣父 (english: sing³ fu⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 天父 (Tiānfù) (Chinese Mandarin), 聖父 (Chinese Mandarin), 圣父 (Shèngfù) (Chinese Mandarin), Vader [masculine] (Dutch), Isä (Finnish), Père [masculine] (French), მამა (mama) [masculine] (Georgian), Vater [masculine] (German), 天父 (Thiên-Fu) (Hakka Chinese), 聖父 (Hakka Chinese), 圣父 (Sṳn-Fu) (Hakka Chinese), Atya (Hungarian), Bapa (Indonesian), Bapa Suci (Indonesian), 天父 (tenpu) (alt: てんぷ) (Japanese), 아버지 (abeoji) (Korean), 천부 (cheonbu) (Korean), ພໍ່ (phǭ) (Lao), Pater [masculine] (Latin), Vader (Limburgish), Papp [masculine] (Luxembourgish), Bapa (Malay), Il-Missier [masculine] (Maltese), पिता (pitā) [masculine] (Marathi), mɓaɓa Mngu (mbaba Mngu) [class-1] (Ngazidja Comorian), Bab [masculine] (Northern Kurdish), abba (Norwegian Bokmål), fader [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), Uba (Old Tupi), پلار (plār) [masculine] (Pashto), خدای پدر (xodâ-ye pedar) (Persian), Voda (nds) [masculine] (Plautdietsch), Wader [masculine] (Polabian), Pai [masculine] (Portuguese), Оте́ц (Otéc) [masculine] (Russian), තාත්තා (tāttā) (Sinhalese), Padre [masculine] (Spanish), Baba (Swahili), Оте́ць (Otécʹ) (Ukrainian), دادا (dada) (Uyghur), ئاتا (ata) (Uyghur), Foter (Vilamovian), y Tad [masculine] (Welsh), Bawo (Xhosa), פֿאָטער (foter) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-Father-en-name-zJj4XGo6 Topics: Christianity Disambiguation of 'God, the father of Creation': 67 14 1 18
  2. (Christianity) God the Father, who eternally begets the Son. Categories (topical): Christianity Synonyms: Fr. (english: title given to priests) Related terms: Dad, Daddy, Mother
    Sense id: en-Father-en-name-G76CToXc Topics: Christianity
  3. One's father.
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  4. (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. Categories (topical): Wicca, Male family members, Titles, Wicca
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Noun

Forms: Fathers [plural]
Etymology: See father. Head templates: {{en-noun|s}} Father (plural Fathers)
  1. (Christianity) A title given to priests. Categories (topical): Christianity
    Sense id: en-Father-en-noun-Tzht~kLe Topics: Christianity
  2. (Christianity) One of the chief ecclesiastical authorities of the first centuries after Christ. Categories (topical): Christianity
    Sense id: en-Father-en-noun-YHbnROzh Topics: Christianity
  3. A title given to the personification of a force of nature or abstract concept, such as Father Time or Father Frost. Translations (term of address for a Christian priest): atë (Albanian), айце́ц (ajcjéc) [masculine] (Belarusian), ба́цюшка (bácjuška) [masculine] (Belarusian), 神父 (sîn-hū) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 神父 (san⁴ fu⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 神父 (shénfù) (Chinese Mandarin), pater (Dutch), eerwaarde [masculine] (Dutch), mijnheer pastoor [masculine] (Dutch), Isä (Finnish), Père [masculine] (French), Vater [masculine] (German), Pater [masculine] (German), πάτερ (páter) [masculine] (Greek), atya (Hungarian), patro (Ido), rama (Indonesian), padre [masculine] (Italian), 神父 (shinpu) (alt: しんぷ) (Japanese), о́тец (ótec) [masculine] (Macedonian), о́че (óče) [masculine, vocative] (Macedonian), പിതാവ് (pitāvŭ) (Malayalam), അച്ഛന് (acchaṉ) (Malayalam), പള്ളിയിലച്ഛന് (paḷḷiyilacchaṉ) (Malayalam), dun (Maltese), fader [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), پدر (pedar) (Persian), ojciec [masculine] (Polish), padre [masculine] (Portuguese), pater [masculine] (Romanian), свято́й оте́ц (svjatój otéc) [masculine] (Russian), ба́тюшка (bátjuška) (english: Russian Orthodox priest) [masculine] (Russian), отац [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), otac [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), padre [masculine] (Spanish), baba (Swahili), திருதந்தை (tirutantai) (Tamil), หลวงพ่อ (lǔuang-pɔ̂ɔ) (Thai), оте́ць (otécʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
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  4. (historical) A senator of Ancient Rome. Tags: historical
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Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "Mother"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
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          "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
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          "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
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          "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
          "word": "Atya"
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          "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
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          "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
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          "word": "天父"
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          "word": "아버지"
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          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "cheonbu",
          "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
          "word": "천부"
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          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
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          "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
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          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "phǭ",
          "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
          "word": "ພໍ່"
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          "code": "la",
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          "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
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          "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
          "word": "Vader"
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          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
          "word": "Bapa"
        },
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          "_dis1": "67 14 1 18",
          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
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          ],
          "word": "Il-Missier"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 14 1 18",
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "pitā",
          "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "पिता"
        },
        {
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          "code": "zdj",
          "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
          "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "mɓaɓa Mngu (mbaba Mngu)"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 14 1 18",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
          "word": "abba"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 14 1 18",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "fader"
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          "code": "tpw",
          "lang": "Old Tupi",
          "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
          "word": "Uba"
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          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "plār",
          "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "پلار"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 14 1 18",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "xodâ-ye pedar",
          "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
          "word": "خدای پدر"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 14 1 18",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Voda (nds)"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 14 1 18",
          "code": "pox",
          "lang": "Polabian",
          "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Wader"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 14 1 18",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Pai"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 14 1 18",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "Otéc",
          "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Оте́ц"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 14 1 18",
          "code": "si",
          "lang": "Sinhalese",
          "roman": "tāttā",
          "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
          "word": "තාත්තා"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 14 1 18",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Padre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 14 1 18",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
          "word": "Baba"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 14 1 18",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
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          "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
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          "sense": "term of address for a Christian priest",
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          "sense": "term of address for a Christian priest",
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          "code": "el",
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          "sense": "term of address for a Christian priest",
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          "word": "padre"
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          "sense": "term of address for a Christian priest",
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        {
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          "word": "о́че"
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          "_dis1": "12 6 56 26",
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          "sense": "term of address for a Christian priest",
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          "roman": "acchaṉ",
          "sense": "term of address for a Christian priest",
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          "roman": "paḷḷiyilacchaṉ",
          "sense": "term of address for a Christian priest",
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        {
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          "roman": "pedar",
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          "sense": "term of address for a Christian priest",
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          "word": "ojciec"
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          "sense": "term of address for a Christian priest",
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          "word": "pater"
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          "roman": "svjatój otéc",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "свято́й оте́ц"
        },
        {
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            "Cyrillic",
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        {
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          "code": "sh",
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          "word": "padre"
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          "sense": "term of address for a Christian priest",
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          "_dis1": "12 6 56 26",
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          "roman": "tirutantai",
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          "roman": "lǔuang-pɔ̂ɔ",
          "sense": "term of address for a Christian priest",
          "word": "หลวงพ่อ"
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          "_dis1": "12 6 56 26",
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          "roman": "otécʹ",
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          "ref": "1886, Victor Duruy, John Pentland Mahaffy, History of Rome, page 275:",
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    "Terms with Belarusian translations",
    "Terms with Cantonese translations",
    "Terms with Central Kurdish translations",
    "Terms with Chichewa translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
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    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hakka translations",
    "Terms with Hokkien translations",
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    "Terms with Ido translations",
    "Terms with Indonesian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Lao translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Limburgish translations",
    "Terms with Luxembourgish translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Malay translations",
    "Terms with Malayalam translations",
    "Terms with Maltese translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Marathi translations",
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    "Terms with Northern Kurdish translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
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    "Terms with Pashto translations",
    "Terms with Persian translations",
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    "Terms with Polabian translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
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    "Terms with Sinhalese translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swahili translations",
    "Terms with Tamil translations",
    "Terms with Thai translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
    "Terms with Uyghur translations",
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    "Terms with Welsh translations",
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        "God, the father of Creation."
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        "One's father."
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        "English terms with quotations",
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          "ref": "2002, A. J. Drew, Wicca for Couples: Making Magick Together, page 89",
          "text": "...and our Lord as Master, Father, and Sage."
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          "ref": "2003, A. J. Drew, Patricia Telesco, God/Goddess: Exploring and Celebrating the Two Sides of Wiccan Deity, page 38:",
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      "english": "title given to priests",
      "word": "Fr."
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "word": "Vader"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Atë"
    },
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "al-ʔāb",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "اَلْآب"
    },
    {
      "code": "ny",
      "lang": "Chichewa",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "word": "Atate"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "tin¹ fu⁶",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "word": "天父"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "word": "聖父"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "english": "sing³ fu⁶",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "word": "圣父"
    },
    {
      "code": "hak",
      "lang": "Hakka Chinese",
      "roman": "Thiên-Fu",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "word": "天父"
    },
    {
      "code": "hak",
      "lang": "Hakka Chinese",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "word": "聖父"
    },
    {
      "code": "hak",
      "lang": "Hakka Chinese",
      "roman": "Sṳn-Fu",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "word": "圣父"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "Thiⁿ-Pē",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "天爸"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
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      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "圣爸"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Tiānfù",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "word": "天父"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "word": "聖父"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Shèngfù",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "word": "圣父"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Vader"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "word": "Isä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Père"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mama",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "მამა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Vater"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "word": "Atya"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "word": "Bapa"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "word": "Bapa Suci"
    },
    {
      "alt": "てんぷ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tenpu",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "word": "天父"
    },
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "abeoji",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "word": "아버지"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "cheonbu",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "word": "천부"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "bab",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "word": "باب"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Bab"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "phǭ",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "word": "ພໍ່"
    },
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Pater"
    },
    {
      "code": "li",
      "lang": "Limburgish",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "word": "Vader"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Papp"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "word": "Bapa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Il-Missier"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "pitā",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "zdj",
      "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
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      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "word": "abba"
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      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
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      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
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      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
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        "masculine"
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "xodâ-ye pedar",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "word": "خدای پدر"
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      "code": "pdt",
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      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
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      "code": "pox",
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      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Pai"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
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        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "tāttā",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "word": "තාත්තා"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "word": "Baba"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Otécʹ",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
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      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "dada",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "word": "دادا"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "ata",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "word": "ئاتا"
    },
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      "code": "wym",
      "lang": "Vilamovian",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
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    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "xh",
      "lang": "Xhosa",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "word": "Bawo"
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      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "foter",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "פֿאָטער"
    }
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}

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          "ref": "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:",
          "text": "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.",
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          "text": "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.",
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          "text": "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).",
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "term of address for a Christian priest",
      "word": "atë"
    },
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
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      "sense": "term of address for a Christian priest",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "айце́ц"
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      "code": "be",
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      "sense": "term of address for a Christian priest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ба́цюшка"
    },
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      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "san⁴ fu⁶",
      "sense": "term of address for a Christian priest",
      "word": "神父"
    },
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      "code": "nan-hbl",
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      "word": "神父"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shénfù",
      "sense": "term of address for a Christian priest",
      "word": "神父"
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      "sense": "term of address for a Christian priest",
      "word": "pater"
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "term of address for a Christian priest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eerwaarde"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "term of address for a Christian priest",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "mijnheer pastoor"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "term of address for a Christian priest",
      "word": "Isä"
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Vater"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "term of address for a Christian priest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Pater"
    },
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
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      "sense": "term of address for a Christian priest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "πάτερ"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "term of address for a Christian priest",
      "word": "atya"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "note": "(always in 1st person singular possessive) atyám",
      "sense": "term of address for a Christian priest"
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      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "term of address for a Christian priest",
      "word": "patro"
    },
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "term of address for a Christian priest",
      "word": "rama"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "term of address for a Christian priest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "padre"
    },
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      "alt": "しんぷ",
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shinpu",
      "sense": "term of address for a Christian priest",
      "word": "神父"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
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      "word": "о́тец"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "óče",
      "sense": "term of address for a Christian priest",
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      "word": "о́че"
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    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "pitāvŭ",
      "sense": "term of address for a Christian priest",
      "word": "പിതാവ്"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "acchaṉ",
      "sense": "term of address for a Christian priest",
      "word": "അച്ഛന്"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "paḷḷiyilacchaṉ",
      "sense": "term of address for a Christian priest",
      "word": "പള്ളിയിലച്ഛന്"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "term of address for a Christian priest",
      "word": "dun"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "term of address for a Christian priest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fader"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "pedar",
      "sense": "term of address for a Christian priest",
      "word": "پدر"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "term of address for a Christian priest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ojciec"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "term of address for a Christian priest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "padre"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "term of address for a Christian priest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pater"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "svjatój otéc",
      "sense": "term of address for a Christian priest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "свято́й оте́ц"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "Russian Orthodox priest",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bátjuška",
      "sense": "term of address for a Christian priest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ба́тюшка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "term of address for a Christian priest",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "отац"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "term of address for a Christian priest",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "otac"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "term of address for a Christian priest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "padre"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "term of address for a Christian priest",
      "word": "baba"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "tirutantai",
      "sense": "term of address for a Christian priest",
      "word": "திருதந்தை"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "lǔuang-pɔ̂ɔ",
      "sense": "term of address for a Christian priest",
      "word": "หลวงพ่อ"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "otécʹ",
      "sense": "term of address for a Christian priest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "оте́ць"
    }
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}

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