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[ pah-drey, -dree; Spanish pah-thre; Italian pah-dre ] / ˈpɑ dreɪ, -dri; Spanish ˈpɑ ðrɛ; Italian ˈpɑ drɛ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR padre ON THESAURUS.COM
noun, plural pa·dres [pah-dreyz, -dreez; Spanish pah-thres], /ˈpɑ dreɪz, -driz; Spanish ˈpɑ ðrɛs/, pa·dri [Italian pah-dree]. /Italian ˈpɑ dri/. father (used especially in addressing or referring to a priest or member of the clergy). a chaplain in military or naval service. Origin of padre1575–85; <Spanish, Portuguese, Italian: father <Latin pater Words nearby padrepadlock, Padma Shri, padouk, Padova, padparadschah sapphire, padre, Padre Island, padrino, padrone, pad saw, pad stone Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for padre“Mireles is someone capable of moving the nation, and moving it toward justice,” says the padre. Mexico’s Holy Warrior Against the Cartels|Jason McGahan|November 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST Padre Goyo has reorganized his CCRISTOS as more of a community service group, he says. Mexico’s Holy Warrior Against the Cartels|Jason McGahan|November 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST “No, the church has to be on the side of the most disadvantaged, of the poorest, of the helpless,” the padre tells us. Mexico’s Holy Warrior Against the Cartels|Jason McGahan|November 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST “I believe we are in the hour of the debacle of the institutions, they cannot be any more rotten,” said Padre Goyo. Mexico’s Holy Warrior Against the Cartels|Jason McGahan|November 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Padre Goyo, with his clerical collar and his bulletproof vest, is an icon for those fighting drugs and corruption. Mexico’s Holy Warrior Against the Cartels|Jason McGahan|November 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST We call him Tim behind his back because we like him and Padre to his face because some respect is due to his profession. Our Casualty And Other Stories|James Owen Hannay, AKA George A. Birmingham Even to Padre Libertad, whom he had so fervently cursed the day before, he was at last gracious. For the Soul of Rafael|Marah Ellis Ryan Padre José was eighty years old, and he had been in Mindanao nearly all his life. The Great White Tribe in Filipinia|Paul T. Gilbert The surgeon made the discovery, and said he would have the padre moved into the officers' quarters at the next stop. Some Naval Yarns|Mordaunt Hall Padre, all the land speaks peace today, yet you are as a threatening cloud over Soledad! The Treasure Trail|Marah Ellis Ryan
British Dictionary definitions for padre
noun informal (sometimes capital)father: used to address or refer to a clergyman, esp a priest a chaplain to the armed forces Word Origin for padrevia Spanish or Italian from Latin pater father Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to padrecleric, father, monk, preacher, elder, rector, lama, friar, evangelist, pontiff, rabbi, pastor, priest, chaplain, bishop, missionary, dad, predecessor, ancestor, parent |