to or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (`further' is used more often than `farther' in this abstract sense)
more distant in especially degree
to or at a greater distance in time or space (`farther' is used more frequently than `further' in this physical sense)
more distant in especially space or time
`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
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
(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 Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom
the founder of a family
make (offspring) by reproduction
the head of an organized crime family
God when considered as the first person in the Trinity
a person who founds or establishes some institution
a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization
