1. [n]  God when considered as the first person in the Trinity; "hear our prayers, Heavenly Father"
2. [n]  an early writer accepted as an authority on the teachings and practices of the Christian church
3. [n]  a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father); "his father was born in Atlanta"
4. [n]  `Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially Roman or Orthodox Catholic); `Padre' is frequently used in the military
5. [n]  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"
6. [n]  the founder of a family; "keep the faith of our forefathers"
7. [n]  a person who founds or establishes some institution; "George Washington is the father of his country"
8. [v]  make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them"

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1. \Fa"ther\, n. [OE. fader, AS. f[ae]der; akin to OS.
   fadar, D. vader, OHG. fatar, G. vater, Icel. Fa?ir Sw. & Dan.
   fader, OIr. athir, L. pater, Gr. ?????, Skr. pitr, perh. fr.
   Skr. p[=a] protect. ???,???. Cf. {Papa}, {Paternal},
   {Patriot}, {Potential}, {Pablum}.]
   1. One who has begotten a child, whether son or daughter; a
      generator; a male parent.
            A wise son maketh a glad father.      --Prov. x. 1.
   2. A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor;
      especially, a first ancestor; a founder of a race or
      family; -- in the plural, fathers, ancestors.
            David slept with his fathers.         --1 Kings ii.
                                                  10.
            Abraham, who is the father of us all. --Rom. iv. 16.
   3. One who performs the offices of a parent by maintenance,
      affetionate care, counsel, or protection.
            I was a father to the poor.           --Job xxix.
                                                  16.
            He hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all
            his house.                            --Gen. xiv. 8.
   4. A respectful mode of address to an old man.
            And Joash the king og Israel came down unto him
            [Elisha], . . . and said, O my father, my father!
                                                  --2 Kings
                                                  xiii. 14.
   5. A senator of ancient Rome.
   6. A dignitary of the church, a superior of a convent, a
      confessor (called also {father confessor}), or a priest;
      also, the eldest member of a profession, or of a
      legislative assembly, etc.
            Bless you, good father friar !        --Shak.
   7. One of the chief esslesiastical authorities of the first
      centuries after Christ; -- often spoken of collectively as
      the Fathers; as, the Latin, Greek, or apostolic Fathers.
   8. One who, or that which, gives origin; an originator; a
      producer, author, or contriver; the first to practice any
      art, profession, or occupation; a distinguished example or
      teacher.
            The father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
                                                  --Gen. iv. 21.
            Might be the father, Harry, to that thought. --Shak.
            The father of good news.              --Shak.
   9. The Supreme Being and Creator; God; in theology, the first
      person in the Trinity.
            Our Father, which art in heaven.      --Matt. vi. 9.
            Now had the almighty Father from above . . . Bent
            down his eye.                         --Milton.
   {Adoptive father}, one who adopts the child of another,
      treating it as his own.
   {Apostolic father}, {Conscript fathers, etc.} See under
      {Apostolic}, {Conscript}, etc.
   {Father in God}, a title given to bishops.
   {Father of lies}, the Devil.
   {Father of the bar}, the oldest practitioner at the bar.
   {Fathers of the city}, the aldermen.
   {Father of the Faithful}.
      (a) Abraham. --Rom. iv. --Gal. iii. 6-9.
      (b) Mohammed, or one of the sultans, his successors.
   {Father of the house}, the member of a legislative body who
      has had the longest continuous service.
   {Most Reverend Father in God}, a title given to archbishops
      and metropolitans, as to the archbishops of Canterbury and
      York.
   {Natural father}, the father of an illegitimate child.
   {Putative father}, one who is presumed to be the father of an
      illegitimate child; the supposed father.
   {Spiritual father}.
      (a) A religious teacher or guide, esp. one instrumental in
          leading a soul to God.
      (b) (R. C. Ch.) A priest who hears confession in the
          sacrament of penance.
   {The Holy Father} (R. C. Ch.), the pope.
   

2. \Fa"ther\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fathered}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Fathering}.]
   1. To make one's self the father of; to beget.
            Cowards father cowards, and base things sire base.
                                                  --Shak.
   2. To take as one's own child; to adopt; hence, to assume as
      one's own work; to acknowledge one's self author of or
      responsible for (a statement, policy, etc.).
            Men of wit Often fathered what he writ. --Swift.
   3. To provide with a father. [R.]
            Think you I am no stronger than my sex, Being so
            fathered and so husbanded ?           --Shak.
   {To father on} or {upon}, to ascribe to, or charge upon, as
      one's offspring or work; to put or lay upon as being
      responsible. ``Nothing can be so uncouth or extravagant,
      which may not be fathered on some fetch of wit, or some
      caprice of humor.'' --Barrow.
   

a name applied (1) to any ancestor (Deut. 1:11; 1 Kings 15:11; Matt. 3:9; 23:30, etc.); and (2) as a title of respect to a chief, ruler, or elder, etc. (Judg. 17:10; 18:19; 1 Sam. 10:12; 2 Kings 2:12; Matt. 23:9, etc.). (3) The author or beginner of anything is also so called; e.g., Jabal and Jubal (Gen. 4:20, 21; comp. Job 38:28).

Applied to God (Ex. 4:22; Deut. 32:6; 2 Sam. 7:14; Ps. 89:27, 28, etc.). (1.) As denoting his covenant relation to the Jews (Jer. 31:9; Isa. 63:16; 64:8; John 8:41, etc.).

(2.) Believers are called God's "sons" (John 1:12; Rom. 8:16; Matt. 6:4, 8, 15, 18; 10:20, 29). They also call him "Father" (Rom. 1:7; 1 Cor. 1:3; 2 Cor. 1:2; Gal. 1:4)