padre

Definitions

noun

1

A military clergyman.

2

A Roman Catholic or Anglican priest.

The Zuma and Manzo Indians of the area were in the habit of going to the missions in the Spanish provinces below the Rio Grande River to solicit the padres to come to teach and baptize them in their villages.

noun

1

A player for the San Diego Padres.

Jones became a Padre as the result of a pre-season trade.

Collocations

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VERB + PADRE

became

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Synonyms

noun — `Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (

father

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The Zuma and Manzo Indians of the area were in the habit of going to the missions in the Spanish provinces below the Rio Grande River to solicit the padres to come to teach and baptize them in their v

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