FATHERHOOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Fatherhood mean? 

• FATHERHOOD (noun)
  The noun FATHERHOOD has 4 senses:

1. the kinship relation between an offspring and the father

2. God when considered as the first person in the Trinity

3. the status of a religious leader

4. the status of a father

  Familiarity information: FATHERHOOD used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FATHERHOOD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The kinship relation between an offspring and the father

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

fatherhood; paternity

Hypernyms ("fatherhood" is a kind of...):

family relationship; kinship; relationship ((anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption)

Sense 2

Meaning:

God when considered as the first person in the Trinity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Father; Father-God; Fatherhood

Context example:

hear our prayers, Heavenly Father

Instance hypernyms:

hypostasis; hypostasis of Christ (any of the three persons of the Godhead constituting the Trinity especially the person of Christ in which divine and human natures are united)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The status of a religious leader

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("fatherhood" is a kind of...):

berth; billet; office; place; position; post; situation; spot (a job in an organization)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The status of a father

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("fatherhood" is a kind of...):

berth; billet; office; place; position; post; situation; spot (a job in an organization)

 Context examples 

The urge of his awakened instinct of fatherhood was strong upon him.

(White Fang, by Jack London)