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(pä′drā, -drē)

noun

father: the title of a priest in Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Latin America
Informal a priest or chaplain

Origin: Sp, Port, It < L pater, father

Also Sp. padre

or It. padre

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noun

Father. Used as a form of address for a priest in Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Latin America.
Informal A military chaplain.

Origin:

Origin: Spanish, Italian,

Origin: or Portuguese

Origin: , all from Latin pater, patr-, father; see pəter- in Indo-European roots

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