padre
father (used especially in addressing or referring to a priest or member of the clergy).
a chaplain in military or naval service.
Origin of padre
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How to use padre in a sentence
In an interview this week, Kyle Swanson, padre Dam Municipal Water District’s new general manager, said there is positive progress toward a new deal.
East vs West Wastewater Wars Move Closer to Resolution | MacKenzie Elmer | June 17, 2022 | Voice of San DiegoIn a May letter, Kyle Swanson, padre Dam’s incoming general manager, disagreed with that estimate saying the analysis provides a “highly inaccurate picture” of the cost of their project to the rest of the region.
Wastewater Recycling Made Sewage Valuable. Now East County and San Diego Are Fighting Over It. | MacKenzie Elmer | May 31, 2022 | Voice of San Diego“Mireles is someone capable of moving the nation, and moving it toward justice,” says the padre.
padre Goyo has reorganized his CCRISTOS as more of a community service group, he says.
“No, the church has to be on the side of the most disadvantaged, of the poorest, of the helpless,” the padre tells us.
“I believe we are in the hour of the debacle of the institutions, they cannot be any more rotten,” said padre Goyo.
padre Goyo, with his clerical collar and his bulletproof vest, is an icon for those fighting drugs and corruption.
The padre Manoel Gomez received us very kindly, and our pic-nic was spread in the ample veranda of his parsonage.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil | Maria Grahampadre Marchi first rejected this theory of construction, and the brothers De Rossi have completely refuted it.
The Catacombs of Rome | William Henry WithrowThe padre Jose, who is the chaplain, is also the overseer of the estate; a combination of offices that I find is usual here.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil | Maria GrahamThis opinion, however, has been since refuted in an able monograph on the subject by padre Garrucci.
The Catacombs of Rome | William Henry Withrow"I am not mad, padre, and I will trouble you not to employ such language toward me," the prisoner replied drily.
The Border Rifles | Gustave Aimard
British Dictionary definitions for padre
/ (ˈpɑːdrɪ) /
father: used to address or refer to a clergyman, esp a priest
a chaplain to the armed forces
Origin of padre
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