Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

allfather

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.55 in modern English

Syllables: all-fa-ther
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Alternative form of All-Father.

noun

Alternative form of All-Father.

Example Sentences

"Allfather, the father of gods and men, the one God, is the one who, like the Hellenic Zeus, orders destiny according to his everlasting laws."
"We shall keep our God, but he will be an Allfather, and not an all-but-All-tormentor."
"The suggestion of a belief in an Allfather has however been challenged with much force by Mr. Hartland,” but has been adopted by Mrs. Parker in her work on the Euahlayi tribe."
"The Indo-European belief in an 'Allfather' may have inspired the Christian concept of 'Our Father in Heaven'."

Inflected Forms

Allfathers (plural)

Questions

What does allfather mean?: Alternative form of All-Father.

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