パーテル

noun

God the Father

Archaic term used by early Japanese Christians (Kirishitan) to refer to God the Father, borrowed from Latin 'pater'.

from Latin pater

• パーテルは、キリシタン時じ代だいに神かみを指さす言こと葉ばとして使つかわれた。

  Pāteru was used as a word for God during the Kirishitan period.

noun

priest

Archaic term for a Christian priest in early Japanese Christian communities; also from Latin 'pater'.

• 当とう時じのパーテルは、布ふ教きょうと教きょう育いくに尽じん力りょくした。

  The pāteru of that time devoted themselves to missionary work and education.