Words · Very common
father
/ˈfɑðɚ/ · 6 letters · 6 distinct letters
- noun
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
his father was born in Atlanta
- noun
the founder of a family
keep the faith of our forefathers
- noun
`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
- noun
(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 Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom
- verb
make children
Abraham begot Isaac