(fä′thər) noun
1. The male human parent.
2. Any male ancestor; forefather.
3. A patriarch; an aged and reverend man or honored official.
4 a In the Roman Catholic and, sometimes, in the Anglican Church, a priest: often used as a title and capitalized when preceding a name, b A church dignitary, as a bishop or abbot.
5. Eccl. Any one of the early historical or doctrinal writers of the Christian Church.
6. An author; founder.
7. Brit. The oldest member of a class or body; doyen.
8. One who bears a paternal relationship toward another.
9. A member of the ancient Roman Senate.
10. plural The chiefs of a city or assembly.
—v.t.
1. To beget as a father.
2. To found, create, or make.
3. To acknowledge as one's offspring.
4. To act as a father to.
5. To take or accept the responsibility of. [OE fœder]
—fa′ther·like′ adjective & adverb

(fä′thər) noun
The Deity; God; the first person in the Trinity.