Fader — meaning in English

English meaning

• abba noun An Aramaic word for "father", used as a religious title and, in the New Testament, as an intimate name for God.
• father noun A male parent.

Senses

Fader is used for these senses in English:

• Abba (Christianity) Father, an honorific title given to God in the New Testament, especially used in prayers. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
• Father (Wicca) One of the triune gods of the Horned God in Wicca, representing a man, younger than the elderly Sage and older than the boyish Master.
• God the Father (Christian, _, theology) The person (hypostasis) of the Trinity or Godhead corresponding to the God of Abraham and the Jewish scriptures and considered the creator of mankind and Father of Jesus Christ.
• father A male parent, especially of a human; a male who parents a child (which he has sired, adopted, fostered, taken as his own, etc.).

abba — full definition

1. noun An Aramaic word for "father", used as a religious title and, in the New Testament, as an intimate name for God.
2. name A hugely successful Swedish pop group formed in the 1970s.

father — full definition

1. noun A male parent.
2. noun A person seen as the founder or leading figure of something.
3. noun A title of respect for a priest.
4. verb To be the male parent of a child.

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