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Padre

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1584, OED Evaluation: NA

In Italy, Spain, Portugal, Latin America, and other areas of Spanish and Portuguese influence: (a title of) a Christian clergyman, esp. a Roman Catholic Priest.

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And she said the Padre would come maybe once every two weeks to say Mass.
A Christian clergyman.
ExampleMeaning
Yeah, yeah yeah. But ah, Em ah- and then she married a padre in the army and they were posted all over Canada.
A Christian clergyman.
And he, as part of his job- and the Roman Catholic padre was the same and they were supposed to visit ah every place in the world where there were Canadian soldiers.
A Christian clergyman.