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Pio, Padre(encyclopedia)
padre(dictionary)
Padre Island(encyclopedia)

stanza (oh) and padre (iou)


stanza (oh)



[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Italian; Origin: 'place to stay, room, stanza', from Vulgar Latin stantia; STANCE]
a group of lines in a repeated pattern forming part of a poem
-synonym verse verse

padre (iou)



padre noun. L16.
[Italian, Spanish, Portuguese from Latin patre-, pater FATHER noun.]
In Italy, Spain, Portugal, Latin America, and Other areas of Spanish influence: (a title of) a Christian clergyman, esp. a Roman Catholic priest. Now chiefly (colloq.), a chaplain in the armed Services.