Padres

After taking leave of the Virgin, we visited the padre in his own old house, attached to the church, where his only attendant, as usual among the padres, is an old woman. ❋ Frances Erskine Inglis (1843)

In 1702 it was consigned to the superintendence of an order of monks, called the padres Belemitas, and in 1822 it was incorporated with the hospital of San Lazaro. ❋ Johann Jakob Von Tschudi (1853)

Yet in 'padres' hope and expectation should predominate, and these as based less upon results achieved than upon the mutual understanding, respect, and indeed affection which increasingly unite them to the men whom they would serve. ❋ Unknown (1911)

Is the kingdom of heaven best advanced by men who strike the world as being "padres" or by "turbulent priests"? ❋ George A. Birmingham (1907)

On the table beside the stove were Peter's cherished belongings -- his buck-skin pouch and the pipe which Jannie Grobelaar had carved for him in St Helena, an aluminium field match-box I had given him, a cheap large-print Bible such as padres present to well-disposed privates, and an old battered _Pilgrim's Progress_ with gaudy pictures. ❋ John Buchan (1907)

Maybe i missed it, but i haven’t seen anything from Geoff on the current craze that is sweeping Mission Bay, otherwise known as the padres estate sale .. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I’m am 9 years old and the padres are my favorite team. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I heard the negro servants without expressing their astonishment that, now as massa was gone, missus wouldn't call in Miss Jane (the maid), and make her 'peak' to her; adding -- 'Rosevale not good house to lib by himself in -- plenty "padres" die dere, plenty doppies (ghosts) come up dere from de grabe-yard!' ❋ Various (1836)

So the padres metered out punishment to help them see the light, which in turn prompted rebellions, mission burnings and even disappearing padres. ❋ Bob Schulman (2011)

[...] ¿Por qué los padres temen que sus hijos lleguen tarde a casa? ❋ Unknown (2009)

¿Cómo Alan García, Yehude Simon o cualquier autoridad les podría decia a los padres de esos niños que somos parte de un país? ❋ Unknown (2009)

Even when more rebellions drove the padres to shift their soul-saving to the northern part of the Baja, the demand for Todos Santos' sugar grew and grew. ❋ Bob Schulman (2011)

Las películas están llenas de amor donde los padres no lo aprueban. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Según Noboa, los padres obligaban a trabajar a sus menores con el fin de evitar que el ocio los conduzca por el camino de la delincuencia. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A visit by one of the padres at Stalag XVIIIA will be arranged as soon as possible. ❋ Unknown (2010)

By 1721, the padres were saving souls at a dozen missions on the lower Baja including a big one at La Paz on the Sea of Cortes. ❋ Bob Schulman (2011)

I wanted to count myself among the ancient dead as a faithful neophyte resting there and in love with the padres and the Spanish hymns. ❋ Rabid1st (2009)