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‖ padre|ˈpɑːdreɪ| [It., Sp., Pg. padre:—L. patre-m, acc. of pater father.] ‘Father’: a title applied in Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Spanish America, to the regular clergy; in India (from Portuguese), to a minister or priest of any Christian Church; and by natives (in speaking to Europeans) of native priests; hence, applied by English soldiers and sailors to a chaplain.
1584in Hakluyt's Voy. (1810) II. 381 We found there 2 Padres, the one an Englishman, the other a Flemming. 1698Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 8 A Chappel..the Rural Seat of one of their Black Padres. 1751Affect. Narr. of Wager 7 A blind Subjection to the Padres, and a contemptuous Abhorrence of Heretics. c1813Mrs. Sherwood Ayah & Lady iv. 25 Now there was in the place where I lay ill a Christian padre. Ibid. Glossary, Padre, a Christian minister. 1865Livingstone Zambesi ii. 47 The Goanese padre of Tette..appointed a procession. 1898Daily News 7 Apr. 6/2 The ‘fighting padre’ is by no means an unknown figure in British wars. attrib.18..Sir T. Lawrence Label (in Kew Museum), Very fine quality Tea called Padre Oolong, prepared by the Chinese for their Priests. Ibid., Padra Tea. [1858Simmonds Dict. Trade Prod. 271 Padra, a black tea.] |