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male parent(noun, expression, idiom)
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paterfamilias(noun, boss, ruler, founder, supervisor)
5
bear(verb, cause, raise, produce, create)
5
beget
5
cause(verb, person, create, bear, foundation)
5
cleric(noun, clergy, preacher)
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confessor(noun, clergy, priest)
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don
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engender
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framer
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have
5
initiate(verb, form, make, start, plan)
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initiator
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pater
5
pope(noun, relationships, man, clergy, parent)
5
predecessor(noun, kin, precede, children, archaism)
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propagate(verb, make, get, cause, raise)
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relative(noun, member, kinship)
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set up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, form, make)
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source(noun, person, cause, point, beginning)
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