Father

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noun

1. '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 (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
Padre
• Hypernyms:
priest, title, title of respect, form of address
2. (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 (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
Church Father, Father of the Church
• Topics:
Christianity, Christian religion
• Hypernyms:
theologian, theologist, theologizer, theologiser
• Instance Hyponyms:
Ambrose, Saint Ambrose, St. Ambrose, Athanasius, Saint Athanasius,
St. Athanasius, Athanasius the Great, Augustine, Saint Augustine, St. Augustine, Augustine of Hippo,
Basil, St. Basil, Basil of Caesarea, Basil the Great, St. Basil the Great, Gregory,
Gregory Nazianzen, Gregory of Nazianzen, St. Gregory of Nazianzen, Irenaeus, Saint Irenaeus, St. Irenaeus,
Jerome, Saint Jerome, St. Jerome, Hieronymus, Eusebius Hieronymus, Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus,
John Chrysostom, St. John Chrysostom
3. God when considered as the first person in the Trinity (Freq. 1)
- hear our prayers, Heavenly Father
• Syn:
Father-God, Fatherhood
• Instance Hypernyms:
hypostasis, hypostasis of Christ

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  don, founder, beginner, founding father, Father, Father-God, Fatherhood, Church Father, Father of the Church, Padre, forefather, sire, male parent, begetter, beget, get, engender, mother, generate, bring forth
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  mother, female parent