padri
- plural of padre.
Example Sentences
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There!--this has done more to make me believe in a Providence than all the preaching of all the padri of Italy!
From The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet by Cooper, James Fenimore
Santa Maria!—what is it they are saying about Fra Paolo finding the die for making money that the padri left behind?
From A Golden Book of Venice by Turnbull, Lawrence, Mrs.
We shook hands with our smiling friends among the padri, took leave of the archbishop, and then visited the studio of Padre Alessio, who had just finished a faithful and spirited portrait of monsignore.
From Venetian Life by Howells, William Dean
The stewards, most of whom understood a few words of English, readily grasped the fact that the padri was asking for help in a situation which they well knew to be desperate.
From The Captain of the Kansas by Tracy, Louis
