Holy Father

English

Etymology

From Middle English haly fadire, Haliʒ Fæder, equivalent to holy +‎ Father.

Proper noun

Holy Father

1. God or God the Father (in various Christian churches)
2. The title of the Pope of the Catholic Church.

Synonyms

• (Christian God): Creator, Eternal, God, Heavenly Father, Jehovah, Lord, LORD, Yahweh, Yehovah, YHVH, YHWH

Translations

God or God the Father

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聖父／圣父 (zh) (shèngfù)

• Finnish: Pyhä Isä
• French: Dieu le Père (fr) m
• Japanese: 父なる神 (ちちなるかみ, chichi naru kami)
• Korean: 성부(聖父) (seongbu)
• Russian: Бог Оте́ц (ru) m (Box Otéc) (usual term), Свято́й Оте́ц m (Svjatój Otéc)
• Vietnamese: Chúa Cha

Pope

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 教皇 (zh) (jiàohuáng)

• Finnish: pyhä isä
• German: Heiliger Vater (de) m
• Irish: An tAthair Naofa m
• Korean: 교황 (ko) (gyohwang), 성하 (seongha)
• Luxembourgish: Hellege Papp m
• Russian: свято́й оте́ц m (svjatój otéc)
• Spanish: Santo Padre m