padre.
ecclesiastical priest (Christian clergyman who performs masses)
Meaning & usage
ecclesiastical priest (Christian clergyman who performs masses)
father (term of address for a priest)
father (male parent)
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese padre (“father”), from Latin patrem (“father”), from Proto-Italic *patēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr (“father”). Doublet of pai.
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