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pater
1[ pey-ter; pat-er ]
noun
- British Informal. father.
- (often initial capital letter) the paternoster; Lord's Prayer.
- a recitation of it.
Pater
2[ pey-ter ]
noun
- Walter Horatio, 1839–94, English critic, essayist, and novelist.
pater
1/ ˈpeɪtə /
Pater
2/ ˈpeɪtə /
noun
- PaterWalter (Horatio)18391894MEnglishWRITING: essayistWRITING: critic Walter ( Horatio ). 1839–94, English essayist and critic, noted for his prose style and his advocation of the "love of art for its own sake". His works include the philosophical romance Marius the Epicurean (1885), Studies in the History of the Renaissance (1873), and Imaginary Portraits (1887)
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pater1
from Latin
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Example Sentences
"All right, Pater," you would say, and leave the matter in the hands of the elder generation.
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Benign respdit pater ipse Membertou neophytos se esse, verum imperarem; in mea potestate esse omnia.
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Pater Biardus adiit ad afflictum puelli parentem, rogauitque an ipso volente moribundum infantem Baptismo esset lustraturus.
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That's going to make things lots easier for my scheme, 'but I'll 'bide a wee' before I spring it on the Pater.
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I think a prudent reader should pronounce as the judges do—Pater est is quern nuptiæ demonstrant.
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