papa
noun
1 papa
An informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk.
synonyms: dad, dada, daddy, pa, pappa, pop.
Roget 166:
paternity;
parentage;
consanguinity
etc.
11.
parent;
father,
sire,
dad,
papa,
paterfamilias,
abba†;
genitor,
progenitor,
procreator;
ancestor;
grandsire†,
grandfather;
great-grandfather;
fathership†,
fatherhood;
mabap†.
house,
stem,
trunk,
tree,
stock,
stirps,
pedigree,
lineage,
line,
family,
tribe,
sept,
race,
clan;
genealogy,
descent,
extraction,
birth,
ancestry;
forefathers,
forbears,
patriarchs.
motherhood,
maternity;
mother,
dam,
mamma,
materfamilias [Lat.],
grandmother.
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Dutch: pa, pap, papa, pappa
Polish: papa
Roget 996:
clergy,
clericals,
ministry,
priesthood,
presbytery,
the cloth,
the desk.
clergyman,
divine,
ecclesiastic,
churchman,
priest,
presbyter,
hierophant†,
pastor,
shepherd,
minister;
father,
father in Christ;
padre,
abbe,
cure;
patriarch;
reverend;
black coat;
confessor.
dignitaries of the church;
ecclesiarch†,
hierarch†;
ebdomarius [Lat.];
eminence,
reverence,
elder,
primate,
metropolitan,
archbishop,
bishop,
prelate,
diocesan,
suffragan†,
dean,
subdean†,
archdeacon,
prebendary,
canon,
rural dean,
rector,
parson,
vicar,
perpetual curate,
residentiary†,
beneficiary,
incumbent,
chaplain,
curate;
deacon,
deaconess;
preacher,
reader,
lecturer;
capitular†;
missionary,
propagandist,
Jesuit,
revivalist,
field preacher.
churchwarden,
sidesman†;
clerk,
precentor†,
choir;
almoner,
suisse [Fr.],
verger,
beadle,
sexton,
sacristan;
acolyth†,
acolothyst†,
acolyte,
altar boy;
chorister.
[Roman Catholic priesthood]
Pope,
Papa,
pontiff,
high priest,
cardinal;
ancient flamen†,
flamen†;
confessor,
penitentiary;
spiritual director.
cenobite,
conventual,
abbot,
prior,
monk,
friar,
lay brother,
beadsman†,
mendicant,
pilgrim,
palmer;
canon regular,
canon secular;
Franciscan,
Friars minor,
Minorites;
Observant,
Capuchin,
Dominican,
Carmelite;
Augustinian†;
Gilbertine;
Austin Friars†,
Black Friars,
White Friars,
Gray Friars,
Crossed Friars,
Crutched Friars;
Bonhomme [Fr.],
Carthusian,
Benedictine†,
Cistercian,
Trappist,
Cluniac,
Premonstatensian,
Maturine;
Templar,
Hospitaler;
Bernardine†,
Lorettine,
pillarist†,
stylite†.
abbess,
prioress,
canoness†;
religieuse [Fr.],
nun,
novice,
postulant.
[Under the Jewish dispensation]
prophet,
priest,
high priest,
Levite;
Rabbi,
Rabbin,
Rebbe;
scribe.
[Mohammedan etc.]
mullah,
muezzin,
ayatollah;
ulema,
imaum†,
imam,
sheik;
sufi;
kahin†,
kassis†;
mufti,
hadji,
dervish;
fakir,
faquir†;
brahmin†,
guru,
kaziaskier†,
poonghie†,
sanyasi†;
druid,
bonze†,
santon†,
abdal†,
Lama,
talapoin†,
caloyer†.
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