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ghostly fathers

ghostly fathers is the plural of ghostly father.

Meaning of ghostly father

Noun

ghostly father (plural ghostly fathers)

  1. (obsolete) confessor (priest who hears one’s confessions)
    • My ghostly fader, I me confesse,
      First to God and then to you,
      That at a window,—wot ye how?—c. 1415-1440 (date written), Charles, Duke of Orléans, reproduced by E. K. Chambers, Early English Lyrics: Amorous, Divine, Moral and Trivial (1907), p. 31

Questions about ghostly fathers

What is ghostly fathers the plural of?
Ghostly fathers is the plural of ghostly father.

Words near ghostly fathers in the dictionary

  1. ghostling
  2. ghostlings
  3. ghostlore
  4. ghostly
  5. ghostly father
  6. ghostly fathers
  7. ghostmonger
  8. ghostmongers
  9. ghostological
  10. ghostologies
  11. ghostologist

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