Our Father

English

Proper noun

Our Father (plural Our Fathers)

1. (Christianity) God.
2. (Christianity) (Our Father) The Lord's Prayer, which begins with these words.
   • 1872, F. A., chapter V, in Marion Howard; or Trials and Triumphs, Philadelphia: Peter F. Cunningham, […], page 100:

     “What did the priest, and all of you, keep on saying when we first went in?” / “Our Fathers, Hail Maries, and Glorias; couldn’t you hear?” asked Emily, laughing.

   • 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:

     "You are our Father as well as theirs. Permit us, for a short space, to meet in brotherhood, that we may have an added knowledge of that eternal life which awaits us, and so be helped during our years of waiting in this lower world." He ended with the "Our Father", in which we all joined.

Synonyms

• (Lord's Prayer) paternoster

Translations

God

• Amharic: አባታችን ሆይ (ʾäbatačn hoy)
• Armenian: Հայր Մեր (Hayr Mer)
• Danish: Vorherre c
• Irish: Ár nAthair
• Manx: Nyn Ayr
• Romani:

  Welsh Romani: 'måro dad

• Scottish Gaelic: Ar n-Athair
• Swedish: Fader vår c, fader vår c (archaic, traditional), vår Fader c, vår fader c (modernized)

Lord's Prayer

• Amharic: አባታችን ሆይ (ʾäbatačn hoy)
• Armenian: Հայր Մեր (Hayr Mer)
• Bikol Central: Ama Niamo
• Danish: fadervor n
• French: Notre Père (fr) m
• German: Vaterunser (de) n
• Irish: Ár nAthair
• Italian: Padre nostro (it)
• Russian: О́тче Наш (Ótče Naš)
• Scottish Gaelic: Ar n-Athair
• Swahili: Baba Yetu
• Swedish: Fadervår c, Fader vår c, fadervår (sv) c, fader vår c (traditional), vår Fader c, vår fader c (modernized), Herrens bön (sv) c