father

n. male parent; male ancestor; one who cares for others in a paternal manner; one who has founded or established something; elder of a town; priest; title of respect given to an older man

v. sire, beget; affirm one's fatherhood; care for as a father; invent, found; be responsible for

A father is defined as the male parent of an offspring.According to anthropologist Maurice Godelier, a critical novelty in human society, compared to humans closest biological relatives (chimpanzees and bonobos), is the parental role assumed by the males, which were unaware of their "father" connection.The father is an authority figure. According to Deleuze, the father authority exercises repression over sexual desire. A common observation among scholars is that the authority of the father and of the [political] leader are closely intertwined, that there is a symbolic identification between domestic authority and national political leadership. In this sense, links have been shown between the concepts of "patriarchal", "paternalistic", "cult of personality", "fascist", "totalitarian", "imperial". The fundamental common grounds between domestic and national authority, are the mechanisms of naming (exercise the authority in someone's name) and identification. Authority typically uses such rhetoric of fatherhood and family to implement their rule and advocate its legitimacy.
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Noun
1. `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
(synonym) Padre
(hypernym) priest
2. (Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine; in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church; the best known Lation Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom
(synonym) Church Father, Father of the Church
(hypernym) theologian, theologist, theologizer, theologiser
(hyponym) Ambrose, Saint Ambrose, St. Ambrose
(classification) Christianity, Christian religion
3. God when considered as the first person in the Trinity; "hear our prayers, Heavenly Father"
(synonym) Father-God, Fatherhood
(hypernym) hypostasis

Noun
1. a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father); "his father was born in Atlanta"
(synonym) male parent, begetter
(antonym) mother, female parent
(hypernym) parent
(hyponym) dad, dada, daddy, pa, papa, pappa, pater, pop
(derivation) beget, get, engender, mother, sire, generate, bring forth
2. the founder of a family; "keep the faith of our forefathers"
(synonym) forefather, sire
(hypernym) ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, antecedent, root
(hyponym) patriarch
3. a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization; "the tennis fathers ruled in her favor"; "the city fathers endorsed the proposal"
(hypernym) leader
4. a person who founds or establishes some institution; "George Washington is the father of his country"
(synonym) founder, beginner, founding father
(hypernym) originator, conceiver, mastermind
(hyponym) cofounder
5. the head of an organized crime family
(synonym) don
(hypernym) head, chief, top dog
Verb
1. make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them"
(synonym) beget, get, engender, mother, sire, generate, bring forth
(hypernym) make, create
(derivation) male parent, begetter

To dream of your father, signifies that you are about to be involved in a difficulty, and you will need wise counsel if you extricate yourself therefrom.

If he is dead, it denotes that your business is pulling heavily, and you will have to use caution in conducting it.

For a young woman to dream of her dead father, portends that her lover will, or is, playing her false.
  

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