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highfather
Highfather (noun) means an older man who is respected as a leader or head of a family.
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An older man who is respected as a leader or head of a family.
"There is no active worship for the Highfather, except at meal time, when all Mischta look into the sky and offer a symbolic thanks to him, whom they call "the Grandfather.""
— Scott Haring, Scott Bennie (1990)
"I do not have many powerful friends on earth, but rather they have gone forth, gone away from the joys of the world, sought for themselves the king of glory, they live now in heaven with the Highfather, dwell in glory."
— Patrick Murray-John, The poetics of 'knowing' in Anglo-Saxon visions (2003)
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Etymology
Perhaps from Middle English hehfader, heahfeder, from Old English hēahfæder (“patriarch”, literally “high-father”); or perhaps a direct revival of the Old English word. By surface analysis, high + father.
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What is the meaning of highfather?
"highfather" (noun) means an older man who is respected as a leader or head of a family.
What is the opposite of highfather?
The opposite of "highfather" is matriarch.
