Sentence:  My curiosity was sharpened a day or two before the interview by a conversation I had with a well-informed teacher of literature , a Jesuit <WSD>father</WSD> , at a conference on religious drama near Paris . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  `Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church); `Padre' is frequently used in the military