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Webster 1913 Edition

Fatherhood

Fa′ther-hood

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Noun.

The state of being a father; the character or authority of a father; paternity.

Webster 1828 Edition

Fatherhood

F'ATHERHOOD

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Noun.

The state of being a father, or the character or authority of a father.

We might have had an entire notion of this fatherhood, or fatherly authority.