Father

noun

Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite

Word type: noun; verb; adjective; adverb

Line style: core relation; instance, member or derived; substance, domain or see-also

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Senses

Sense 1 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

Types & categories

title of respect hypernym
priest hypernym

Sense 2 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

Related & opposite

Christianity domain topic

Sense 3 noun

God when considered as the first person in the Trinity

hear our prayers, Heavenly Father

Types & categories

hypostasis of Christ instance hypernym

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Sense	Relation	Group	Word
1	hypernym	Types & categories	title of respect
1	hypernym	Types & categories	priest
2	domain topic	Related & opposite	Christianity
2	hypernym	Types & categories	theologian
2	instance hyponym	Types & categories	Ambrose
2	instance hyponym	Types & categories	Athanasius
2	instance hyponym	Types & categories	St. Augustine
2	instance hyponym	Types & categories	St. Basil
2	instance hyponym	Types & categories	Gregory
2	instance hyponym	Types & categories	Irenaeus
2	instance hyponym	Types & categories	Jerome
2	instance hyponym	Types & categories	John Chrysostom
3	instance hypernym	Types & categories	hypostasis of Christ