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- [church fah-th er]
- /tʃɜrtʃ ˈfɑ ðər/
- /tʃɜːtʃ ˈfɑːðə(r)/
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- [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
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pronoun
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determiner
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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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