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FATHERHOOD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The status of a father
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("fatherhood" is a kind of...):
berth; billet; office; place; position; post; situation; spot (a job in an organization)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The status of a religious leader
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("fatherhood" is a kind of...):
berth; billet; office; place; position; post; situation; spot (a job in an organization)
Sense 3
Meaning:
God when considered as the first person in the Trinity
Example:
hear our prayers, Heavenly Father
Synonyms:
Father; Father-God; Fatherhood
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
hypostasis; hypostasis of Christ (any of the three persons of the Godhead constituting the Trinity especially the person of Christ in which divine and human natures are united)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The kinship relation between an offspring and the father
Synonyms:
fatherhood; paternity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("fatherhood" is a kind of...):
family relationship; kinship; relationship ((anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption)
