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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" the head of an organized crime family the founder of a family; "keep the faith of our forefathers" (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 be a person who founds or establishes some institution; "George Washington is the father of his country" make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don''t recognize them" |
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