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Padre   /pˈædrˌeɪ/   Listen
noun
Padre  n.  (pl. Sp. & Pg. padres; It. padri)  
1.
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.
Synonyms: Father.
2.
In India (from the Portuguese), any Christian minister; also, a priest of the native region.
3.
A chaplain in one of the military services.
Synonyms: military chaplain, Holy Joe, sky pilot.





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"Padre" Quotes from Famous Books



... came bishop Abdalla Blabul and Padre Bernardus of Gzir, the patriarch one day called me to them in his chamber, and asked me what I wished, whether money or office, or whatever it might be, promising to gratify me, speaking of his love to me and of his great ...
— Fox's Book of Martyrs - Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant - Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs • John Fox
... Antonio de Ramesal's book is Historia general de las Indias Ocidentales, y particular, de la governacion de Chiapa, y Guatemala. Escrivese juntamente los principios de nuestro glorioso Padre Santo Domingo, y de ...
— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 40 of 55 • Francisco Colin
... 'will you make it impossible for gentlemen to put up at your execrable inn? The man's cooking is superior to his discretion, senor. I, too, am a traveller, and for the moment a guest here. I have the honour. My name is Concha—the Padre ...
— In Kedar's Tents • Henry Seton Merriman
... the Spanish padre? Was it that city of golden gates and burnished towers? After all, was the story of the wandering priest true? Who had proved it a fable? Who had ever penetrated this region, the very country in which the ecclesiastic represented the golden ...
— The Scalp Hunters • Mayne Reid
... make no icknowledgment of their great condescension in pressing such subject, and pressing it so much in earnest. But I really could get out nothing, so that's the truth; and I wish I could give a better account of my eloquence, my dear padre and I cannot, however, in justice any more than in inclination, go on, till I stop to admire the sweetness of the queen, and the consideration of the king, in each making me a party in their general conversation, before they made any ...
— The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay Volume 1 • Madame D'Arblay


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