'Fatherhood' definitions:
Definition of 'fatherhood'
From: WordNet
noun
The kinship relation between an offspring and the father [syn: fatherhood, paternity]
noun
God when considered as the first person in the Trinity; "hear our prayers, Heavenly Father" [syn: Father, Father-God, Fatherhood]
noun
The status of a religious leader
noun
The status of a father
Definition of 'Fatherhood'
From: GCIDE
- Fatherhood \Fa"ther*hood\, n. The state of being a father; the character or authority of a father; paternity. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'fatherhood'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- affiliation,
- agnation,
- alliance,
- ancestry,
- blood,
- blood relationship,
- brotherhood,
- brothership,
- cognation,
- common ancestry,
- common descent,
- connection,
- consanguinity,
- cousinhood,
- cousinship,
- enation,
- fatherliness,
- filiation,
- fraternity,
- kindred,
- kinship,
- maternity,
- matrilineage,
- matriliny,
- matrisib,
- matrocliny,
- motherhood,
- paternalness,
- paternity,
- patrilineage,
- patriliny,
- patrisib,
- patrocliny,
- propinquity,
- relation,
- relationship,
- sibship,
- sisterhood,
- sistership,
- ties of blood