Pater
Dad in Latin
Pater is a formal or literary word for father, from Latin.
It appears in religious contexts—God the Father as Pater—and in formal institutional language: pater familias (male head of household).
In British English, pater is dated slang for one's father, once common among the upper classes: I'll ask Pater for the money.
The feminine equivalent is mater.
Male parent, informal
- sireMale animal parent
- progenitorAncestor or originator
- parentMother or father
- lineageDescent from progenitors
ancestry · household · authority · Roman · head · guardian · offspring · heir
One who performs sacraments
- clergyOrdained religious officials collectively
- monkCloistered religious devotee
- friarMendicant order member
- abbotMonastery's chief cleric
confessor · reverend · holy · church · Catholic · Anglican · Latin · Mass
Army-ruler name
- aestheticismValuing beauty above ethics
- RenaissanceEuropean cultural reawakening
- essaysShort nonfiction prose pieces
- proseUnversified language
Marius · Oxford · Victorian · critic · style · beauty · art · hedonism
Central Christian devotional text
- rosaryBeaded prayer counter
- beadPierced ornament for threading
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- recitationOral delivery from memory
Latin · liturgy · repetition · meditation · Catholic · chaplet · decade · mystery
dad
Male parent, informal
- sireMale animal parent
- progenitorAncestor or originator
- parentMother or father
lineage · ancestry · household · authority · Roman · head · guardian · offspring · heir · son
priest
One who performs sacraments
- clergyOrdained religious officials collectively
- monkCloistered religious devotee
- friarMendicant order member
abbot · confessor · reverend · holy · church · Catholic · Anglican · Latin · Mass · vestments
Walter
Army-ruler name
- aestheticismValuing beauty above ethics
- RenaissanceEuropean cultural reawakening
- essaysShort nonfiction prose pieces
prose · Marius · Oxford · Victorian · critic · style · beauty · art · hedonism · impressionism
Lord's Prayer
Central Christian devotional text
recitation · Latin · liturgy · repetition · meditation · Catholic · chaplet · decade · mystery · intercession
Paterlayman
Ordinary untrained person
parishioner · congregant · layperson · flock
- paternity testGenetic proof of parentage
- paternity leaveFather's childcare absence
- patron saintsHoly advocates for groups
- patriotic anthemSong expressing national pride
- patriotic tunesSongs honoring one's homeland
- patriotic symbolEmblem of country loyalty
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