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noun (German)
1. Housefather.
2. Head of household, including the housefather as assisted by the housemother.
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(Martin Luther, Small Catechism, 1529)

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Titus 1:6 Print E-mail

An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, a man whose children believe and are not open to the charge of being wild and disobedient.

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