Peters
Patronymic family name
Peters is a common English surname meaning "son of Peter." It appears throughout the English-speaking world: The Peters family lived on the corner.
Detective Peters took the case. (Lowercase peters is a verb meaning to diminish gradually.)
Masculine given name
- rockSolid earthen material
- discipleCommitted follower of teaching
- fishermanOne who catches aquatic creatures
- GalileeBiblical northern territory
Jerusalem · keys · heaven · denial · Pentecost · Antioch · pope · primacy
Study of family descent
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- familyRelated people together
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
kinship · descent · bloodline · pedigree · heritage · Welsh · patronymic · Dutch
Papal church adherent
- patronRegular supporter or customer
- feast daySaint's commemorative holiday
- venerationProfound admiring respect
- iconographyAnalysis of artistic symbols
cathedral · shrine · relics · devotion · intercession · canonization · hagiography · pilgrimage
Simon
Masculine given name
- rockSolid earthen material
- discipleCommitted follower of teaching
- fishermanOne who catches aquatic creatures
Galilee · Jerusalem · keys · heaven · denial · Pentecost · Antioch · pope · primacy · confession
genealogy
Study of family descent
clan · kinship · descent · bloodline · pedigree · heritage · Welsh · patronymic · Dutch · German
Catholic
Papal church adherent
- patronRegular supporter or customer
- feast daySaint's commemorative holiday
- venerationProfound admiring respect
iconography · cathedral · shrine · relics · devotion · intercession · canonization · hagiography · pilgrimage
- Peter PanEternal child who flies
- Peter Griffin
- peter outDiminish gradually until gone
- robs Peter to pay PaulCovers debt by creating another
- St. PeterHeaven's traditional gatekeeper
- robbing Peter to pay PaulSolving problems by creating others