pèren.
/pɛː/, U.S. /pɛ(ə)r/ 1. Used before a name as a title for a (usually French) priest; = father n. 7e.The title is officially applied only to a priest belonging to a religious order, as opposed to one belonging to a diocese, although in practice the distinction has now largely been eroded.
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > priest > [noun]
priesteOE
presbyterOE
sirec1290
beauperec1300
sirc1386
fatherhooda1393
fatherheada1434
paternity1439
pater1481
fathershipa1500
father1528
key-bearer?1531
key-keeper?1556
vicegerent1572
priestdom1588
sacerdosa1592
flasher1611
priesthooda1616
père1619
sacerdote1685
firekeeper1789
soggarth1836
priestship1868
soutane1890
joss-man1913
1619 J. Chamberlain Let. 30 Oct. (1939) II. 270 The Jesuites hold a chapter of theyre order at Rome whether Pere Coton is sent out of France.
1699 M. Lister Journey to Paris (new ed.) 96 I bought the works of Pere Pezaron, a Bernadin, now Abbot de Charmoyse near Rheims.
1763 T. Smollett Let. 15 Aug. in Trav. France & Italy (1979) 19 There was among the monks one pere Charles, a lusty friar.
1777 P. Thicknesse Year's Journey France & Spain I. xx. 174 Nor did the whole community afford but a single member (pere tender, a Fleming) who could speak French.
a1845 R. H. Barham Lord of Thoulouse in Ingoldsby Legends (1847) 3rd Ser. 187 Honest Père Jacques was inclined to spare diet.
1879 R. L. Stevenson Trav. with Donkey 119 There was Père Apollinaire hauling his barrow.
1914 S. Lewis Our Mr. Wrenn vii. 95 It's just as Pere Dureon said at the atelier.
1978 Times 3 Nov. 7/1 (advt.) The Sayings of Père Patriarche... ‘To buy wine with uncertainty lacks any amusement.’
1991 Conjunctions 17 277 Père Nicolas was always unlucky.
2. Used after a surname to distinguish a father from a son or sons of that name; senior. Cf. fils n.1
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > father > [noun] > appended to name
père1802
1802 M. Edgeworth Let. 8 Dec. in M. Edgeworth in France & Switzerland (1979) 58 M. Delessert père at a card table with another gentleman.
1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table i. 28 Raspail, père, used to date every proof he sent to the printer.
1893 E. Dowson Let. c28 Nov. (1967) 299 I am dining with Horne & Horne Père at the Constitutional tonight.
1907 E. von Arnim Fräulein Schmidt xxxiii. 120 Collins père is a person who makes nails in Manchester.
1948 E. S. Turner Boys will be Boys v. 80 It will be seen that there was a Harkaway père and a Harkaway fils.
2003 Scotl. on Sunday (Nexis) 18 May 7 The early musical inventiveness and skill that was to lead Strauss père to global success.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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