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   God, the father of Creation.

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   God the Father, who eternally begets the Son.

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   One's father.

   I will only do what Father asks.

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   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.

   ...and our Lord as Master, Father, and Sage.

   In respect to our Lord (God), these are the less known Master, Father, and Sage.

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   A title given to priests.

   Father Thomas was a good priest.

   On a merchant ship, Father Sinclair had to do safety drills every 10 days. On a fishing vessel, it’s monthly, and there is no requirement to check the log to see if the drill has been done or done correctly.

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   One of the chief ecclesiastical authorities of the first centuries after Christ.

   the Latin, Greek, or apostolic Fathers

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   A title given to the personification of a force of nature or abstract concept, such as Father Time or Father Frost.

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   historiqueA senator of Ancient Rome.

   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.

   When Romulus had left the earth and had become a god, the Fathers met together and appointed intermediate kings from the senate, to reign in turn each for five days, in the place of the king, till a new king should be chosen.

   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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