Synonyms for fatherhood

Grammar : Noun

Spell : fah-th er-hoo d

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɑ ðərˌhʊd

Définition of fatherhood

Origin : early 14c., faderhade; see father (n.) + -hood.

noun paternity

Example sentences :

The urge of his awakened instinct of fatherhood was strong upon him.
Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London

The fathers that now show what fatherhood was meant to be—they are legion.
Extract from : « The Family and it's Members » by Anna Garlin Spencer

Perhaps he was rendered unhappy by the thought of fatherhood.
Extract from : « The Call of the Blood » by Robert Smythe Hichens

And you must remember that it is that Fatherhood of God which connotes the Brotherhood of man.
Extract from : « London Lectures of 1907 » by Annie Besant

The Fatherhood of God is the very key-note of the Christian view of life and of death.
Extract from : « Gloria Crucis » by J. H. Beibitz

There's no fatherhood left in your heart—you don't think of them.
Extract from : « Woman on Her Own, False Gods & The Red Robe » by Eugne Brieux

Prickly things about the responsibility of fatherhood and the authority of parents.
Extract from : « Lalage's Lovers » by George A. Birmingham

And love is comradeship and motherhood, and fatherhood and all dear kinship.
Extract from : « The Torch Bearer » by I. T. Thurston

There he sits, holding the boy in his lap to accustom him to his fatherhood.
Extract from : « Peter the Priest » by Mr Jkai

To every true man, the cares of fatherhood and home are sacred and all-sufficing.
Extract from : « The Daughters of Danaus » by Mona Caird

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