padre
noun
pa·dre ˈpä-(ˌ)drā 
-drē
-drē 1
: a Christian clergyman
especially : priest
2
: a military chaplain
Word History
Etymology
Spanish or Italian or Portuguese, literally, father, from Latin pater — more at father
First Known Use
1584, in the meaning defined at sense 1
padre
noun
as in priest
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- priest
- clergyman
- churchman
- reverend
- deacon
- preacher
- dominie
- curé
- father
- cleric
- vicar
- clerical
- monsignor
- prelate
- ecclesiastic
- parson
- pastor
- bishop
- chaplain
- pope
- minister
- divine
- rector
- abbé
- archbishop
- dean
- priestess
- clerk
- abbot
- missionary
- archpriest
- confessor
- friar
- deaconess
- diocesan
- presbyter
- shepherd
- clergyperson
- Holy Joe
- missioner
- curate
- religious
- clergywoman
- monk
- evangelist
- mendicant
- monastic
- revivalist
- oblate
- sky pilot
- missionizer
- high priestess
- high priest
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- layman
- secular
- layperson
- lector
- lay reader
- mercurate
- mercurated
- mercurates
- mercurating
- mercuration
- mercurations
- mercuri-
- mercurial
- mercurial ointment
- mercuriales
- mercurialisation
- mercurialisations
- mercurialise
- mercurialised
- mercurialises
- mercurialising
- mercurialisms
- mercurialisses
- mercurialist
- mercurialists
- mercurialities
- mercuriality
- mercurializations
- mercurialized
- mercurializes