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Highfather

//ˈhaɪ ˌfɑːðə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A respected, high-ranking male elder or leader; a patriarch; a forefather; a grandfather. rare

    "There is no active worship for the Highfather, except at meal time, when all Mischta look into the sky and offer a symbolic thanks to him, whom they call "the Grandfather.""

Etymology

Perhaps from Middle English hehfader, heahfeder, from Old English hēahfæder (“patriarch”, literally “high-father”); or perhaps a direct borrowing of the Old English word, equivalent to high + father.

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