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Definition of Fatherhood

1. Noun. The kinship relation between an offspring and the father.

2. Noun. God when considered as the first person in the Trinity. "Hear our prayers, Heavenly Father"

3. Noun. The status of a religious leader.

4. Noun. The status of a father.

Definition of Fatherhood

1. n. The state of being a father; the character or authority of a father; paternity.

Definition of Fatherhood

1. Noun. the state of being a father ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fatherhood

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fatherhood

father complex father figure father figures father in law father lasher father lashers father longlegs father of chapel father surrogate fatherdom

fathered fatherer fatherers fatherhood (current term) fatherhoods fathering fatherland fatherlands fatherlasher fatherlashers

fatherless fatherlessness fatherlike fatherliness fatherlinesses fatherly fathers fathers-in-law

Literary usage of Fatherhood

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Two Treatises of Government by John Locke (1824)
"Thus this new nothing, that is to carry with it all power, authority, and government; this fatherhood, which is to design the person, and establish the ..."

2. The Christian View of God and the World as Centring in the Incarnation by James Orr (1893)
"Deduction it is really only an extension of the foregoing—is a deduction f™" tlse from the Divine fatherhood. God is Father. This is fatherhood— . ..."

3. The Works of John Locke, in Nine Volumes by John Locke (1824)
"Of Adam's title to sovereignty by fatherhood. § 50. ... by being their father: and this title of fatherhood he is so pleased with, that you will find it ..."

4. Preventing Teen Pregnancy: Coordinating Comunity Efforts edited by Christopher Shays (1999)
"Charles Ballard, director of the Institute for Responsible fatherhood and Family ... fatherhood AND FAMILY REVITALIZATION; BARBARA HUBERMAN, ..."

5. The Teaching of Jesus by George Barker Stevens (1901)
"Jesus' certainty of God's fatherhood. CHAPTER VI THE FATHER IN HEAVEN * JESUS' favorite designation for God was that of Father. He was accustomed to think ..."

6. The Expositor edited by Samuel Cox, William Robertson Nicoll, James Moffatt (1903)
"THE fatherhood OF GOD. A STUDY IN SPIRITUAL EVOLUTION. THOSE of us whose theological memory goes back fifty years probably grew up with the conviction that ..."

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