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. |
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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. |
