One thing I must say, holy father, hangs heavily upon me: it is that you seem to consent to the coronation by constraint, as you did formerly to the concordat.
I repeat, holy father, I am not an esprit fort, nor do I like word-spinners or idea-mongers.
Holy father," said he, "if the gravity of your character did not forbid me, I would say that you are somewhat ungrateful.
Whereat the other said, "O holy father, dost thou not understand the words wherewith I have bespoken thee?
The "holy father" gave him writing materials, and retired into the background.
Michael Angelo replied to him: "It threatens this people, Holy Father, lest they be foolish.
Then he turned to the Pope and said: ’Holy Father, behold what gains are mine!
It seems to me, holy father," said Pentuer, "that Thou didst speak of internal troubles which threaten Egypt in the future.
Holy father," said Eunana, turning to the minister, "I commend my most obedient service to thy worthiness.
But if thou, holy father, and the highest college say that the fates are against us, we must make the treaty.
The suite of the prince awaited the decision with fear; so Ramses turned to Herhor, "What dost Thou think of this, holy father?
Your blessing, holy Father, and your permission to taste the healing of your well.
Holy Father," Benedetto said, "the Church is diseased.
Holy Father," Benedetto said calmly, "the Spirit is answering for me in your heart.
Holy Father, because every one comes into the world with a mission written in his nature.
In the midst of this congeries of dungeons, surrounded by clanking chains and weeping captives, stands the chair of the "Holy Father.
When the Cardinal came to take leave of the Pope the evening before his departure for that city, he said, "Holy father, permit me to recommend Petrarch to you, on account of my love for him.
Holy Father," said Petrarch, "how much it were to be wished that you had known Italy before you knew France.
A message from the Pope produced an imprudent letter from the poet, in which he says, "Holy father!
Holy Father never to abuse the favor, but to remain always a good and faithful subject.
Accept, Holy Father, Pontiff and King, this energetic protest and the unlimited devotedness which the nobles of Rome offer in reverence to your Sceptre, no less than to your Pastoral staff.
Holy Father, what is happening in the rest of Italy affords but too firm a ground for such apprehensions.
Holy Father, the little spot of earth which the revolution has not yet taken from you is the only place in which the arts find the inspiration that is for them the breath of life, and the quiet without which that life cannot expand.
Even you, holy Father, so fertile in wise plans, shall scarce, methinks, be able to lay finger on him.
You wot well, holy Father, what her lord was; and his mother, with whom she hath dwelt these ten years or more, is worser than himself.
Nay, the Lady Lucy was your thought, holy Father; I did but counsel to tempt him with some other.
Holy father it is a good story--yet sounds a romance fantastic to fit this weird place of the pool and the star shine of the night?
Holy Father, he can bring all the men who ever died to tramp us into the sand!
Holy father, leave this to the cardinals and prelates; they are better versed in crime than any other people.
Holy father, have we alone no claim to your paternal favour?
Holy father, he does not wish, by too high a penalty, to deter men from the commission of the crime.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "holy father" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
