Allfather

English

Proper noun

Allfather

1. Alternative form of All-Father
   • 1878, Wilhelm Zimmermann, A Popular History of Germany:

     Allfather, the father of gods and men, the one God, is the one who, like the Hellenic Zeus, orders destiny according to his everlasting laws.

Noun

Allfather (plural Allfathers)

1. Alternative form of All-Father
   • 1882, John Torrey Morse (Jr.), Henry Cabot Lodge, Robert Percival Porter, The International Review - Volume 12, page 574:

     We shall keep our God, but he will be an Allfather, and not an all-but-All-tormentor.

   • 1907, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of London:

     The suggestion of a belief in an Allfather has however been challenged with much force by Mr. Hartland,” but has been adopted by Mrs. Parker in her work on the Euahlayi tribe.

   • 1985, Roger Pearson, Anthropological Glossary, page 7:

     The Indo-European belief in an 'Allfather' may have inspired the Christian concept of 'Our Father in Heaven'.

Anagrams

• earthfall