Father
Priest's formal title
Father is a title for God in Christian tradition, or for priests in Catholic, Orthodox, and Anglican churches: Father, forgive them, Father O'Brien will hear confessions.
It conveys spiritual authority and paternal care.
The capitalized form signals reverence or formal address. (Lowercase father is a male parent.)
One who performs sacraments
- padreMilitary or Catholic cleric
- friarMendicant order member
- pastorChristian congregation leader
- vicarClergy substitute for bishop
rector · chaplain · reverend · confessor · abbé · pope · pontiff · cleric
Supreme spiritual authority
- LordHonorific for nobility
- TrinityGodhead as three persons
- Holy SpiritThird divine person
- prayerAddress to deity
worship · reverence · providence · blessing · grace · forgiveness · salvation
priest
One who performs sacraments
vicar · rector · chaplain · reverend · confessor · abbé · pope · pontiff · cleric · clergy
God
Supreme spiritual authority
- LordHonorific for nobility
- TrinityGodhead as three persons
- Holy SpiritThird divine person
prayer · worship · reverence · providence · blessing · grace · forgiveness · salvation
- deitiesZeus, Odin, Thor, goddess, Ra
- title'book title, movie title, album title, job title, honorific
- titlesMr., Mrs., Ms., Dr., Miss
- divine titlesLord, Christ, Messiah, Redeemer, Most High
- divinitydeity, godhood, divine, godhead, holiness
- JohannineGospel of John, bread of life, good shepherd, light of the world, Lamb of God
- Father's DayHoliday honoring male parents
- father figureMale role model
- foster fatherMale caretaker of ward
- single fatherMale parent without partner
- The FatherMale progenitor
- father in lawSpouse's paternal relation
grandfather, fatherly, fatherhood, fathers, godfather, fathered, fathering, stepfather, grandfathers