Padre

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  • noun. Father. Used as a form of address for a priest in Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Latin America.
  • noun. A military chaplain.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A minister of any Christian denomination or a native priest.
  • noun. Father: used with reference to priests in Spain, Italy, Mexico, southwestern United States, South America, etc.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A Christian priest or monk; used as a term of address for priests in some churches (especially Roman or Orthodox Catholic in Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Spanish America); -- also used in the American military.
  • noun. In India (from the Portuguese), any Christian minister; also, a priest of the native region.
  • noun. A chaplain in one of the military services.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A military clergyman.
  • noun. A Roman Catholic or Anglican priest.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a chaplain in one of the military services
  • noun. `Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church); `Padre' is frequently used in the military