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Parricide :: Parricide (n.) Properly, one who murders one's own father; in a wider sense, one who murders one's father or mother or any ancestor..

Modalist :: Modalist (n.) One who regards Father, Son, and Spirit as modes of being, and not as persons, thus denying personal distinction in the Trinity..

Oratorian :: Oratorian (n.) See Fathers of the Oratory, under Oratory..

Legitim :: Legitim (a.) The portion of movable estate to which the children are entitled upon the death of the father.

Parent :: Parent (n.) One who begets, or brings forth, offspring; a father or a mother..

On :: On (prep.) Forward, in succession; as, from father to son, from the son to the grandson, and so on..

Macedonian :: Macedonian (n.) One of a certain religious sect, followers of Macedonius, Bishop of Constantinople, in the fourth century, who held that the Holy Ghost was a creature, like the angels, and a servant of the Father and the Son..

Father :: Father (v. t.) To provide with a father.

Pape :: Pape (n.) A spiritual father; specifically, the pope..

Sire :: Sire (n.) A father; the head of a family; the husband.

Half Blood :: Half blood () The relation between persons born of the same father or of the same mother, but not of both; as, a brother or sister of the half blood. See Blood, n., 2 and 4..

Father :: Father (n.) The Supreme Being and Creator; God; in theology, the first person in the Trinity..

Grandaunt :: Grandaunt (n.) The aunt of one's father or mother.

Grandsire :: Grandsire (n.) Specifically, a grandfather; more generally, any ancestor..

Gavelkind :: Gavelkind (n.) A tenure by which land descended from the father to all his sons in equal portions, and the land of a brother, dying without issue, descended equally to his brothers. It still prevails in the county of Kent..

Generous :: Generous (a.) Open-handed; free to give; not close or niggardly; munificent; as, a generous friend or father..

Granduncle :: Granduncle (n.) A father's or mother's uncle.

Father :: Father (n.) One who has begotten a child, whether son or daughter; a generator; a male parent..

Punish :: Punish (v. t.) To impose a penalty upon; to afflict with pain, loss, or suffering for a crime or fault, either with or without a view to the offender's amendment; to cause to suffer in retribution; to chasten; as, to punish traitors with death; a father punishes his child for willful disobedience..

Succeed :: Succeed (v. t.) To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of; as, the king's eldest son succeeds his father on the throne; autumn succeeds summer..

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