FATHER  , the begetter of a See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child, the male See also:

• PARENT, SIMON NAPOLEON (1855– )

parent . The word is See also:

• COMMON

common to See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages, and, like the other words for See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close See also:

• FAMILY

family relationship, See also:

• MOTHER

mother, See also:

• BROTHER

brother, son, See also:

• SISTER

sister, daughter, appears in most Indo - See also:

• EUROPEAN

European languages . The 0 . Eng. See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form is feeder, and it appears in Ger . Vater, Dutch vader, Gr . 1raTitp, See also:

• LAT

Lat. See also:

• PATER, WALTER HORATIO (1839-1894)

pater, whence Romanic Fr. See also:

• PEN (Lat. penna, a feather, pen)

pen, Span. padre, &c . The word is used of male ancestors more remote than the actual male parent, and of ancestors in See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general . It is applied to See also:

• GOD

God, as the Father of Jesus See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ, and as the Creator of the See also:

• WORLD

world, and is thus the orthodox See also:

• TERM

term for the First See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

Person of the Trinity . Of the transferred uses of the word many have religious reference; thus it is used of the See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian writers, usually confined to those of the first five centuries, the Fathers of the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church (see below), of whom those who flourished at the end of, or just after the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of, the apostles are known as the Apostolic Fathers . One who stands as a spiritual parent to another is his " father," e.g. god-father, or in the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of bishops or archbishops, Right or Most See also:

• REVEREND (Lat. reverendus, gerundive of revereri, to revere, pay respect to)

Reverend Father in God . The See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

pope is, in the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman Church, the See also:

• HOLY

Holy Father . In the Roman Church, father is strictly applied to a " See also:

• REGULAR

regular," a member of one of the religious orders, and so always in See also:

• EUROPE

Europe, in See also:

• ENGLISH

English usage, often applied to a See also:

• CONFESSOR

confessor, whether regular or See also:

• SECULAR (Lat. saecularis, of or belonging to an age or generation, saeculum)

secular, and to any Roman See also:

• PRIEST (Ger. Priester, Fr. pretre)

priest, and sometimes used of sub-members of a religious society or fraten.ity in the English Church .

Of transferred uses, other than religious, may be mentioned the application to the first founders of an institution, constitution, See also:

• EPOCH (Gr. E7roxij, holding in suspense, a pause, from E1rxav, to hold up, to stop)

epoch, &c . Thus the earliest settlers of See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• AMERICA

America are the See also:

• PILGRIM

Pilgrim Fathers, and the framers of the See also:

• UNITED

United States constitution are the Fathers of the Constitution . In See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome the members of the See also:

• SENATE (Lat. senatus, from root sen-, as in senex, old; the root is the Sanskrit sana, cf. Gr. 'vos; the same element appears in senor, seigneur, seneschal)

senate are the Patres conscripli, the " Conscript fathers." The See also:

• SENIOR, NASSAU WILLIAM (1790-1864)

senior member or See also:

• DOYEN, GABRIEL FRANCOIS (1726-1806)

doyen of a society is often called the father . Thus the member of the English See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of See also:

• COMMONS

Commons, and similarly, of the House of Representatives in the United States, America, who has sat for the longest See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period uninterruptedly, is the Father of the House .