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church father

church fa·ther
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [church fah-th er]
    • /tʃɜrtʃ ˈfɑ ðər/
    • /tʃɜːtʃ ˈfɑːðə(r)/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [church fah-th er]
    • /tʃɜrtʃ ˈfɑ ðər/

Definitions of church father words

  • noun church father any of the writers on Christian doctrine of the pre-Scholastic period 3
  • noun church father father (def 13). 1

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Origin of church father

First appearance:

before 1855
One of the 30% newest English words
First recorded in 1855-60

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Parts of speech for Church father

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

church father popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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