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amor patriae

[ah-mohr pah-tree-ahy; English ey-mawr pey-tree-ee]
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noun Latin.
  1. love of one's country; patriotism.

Pater Patriae

[pah-ter pah-tree-ahy; English pey-ter pey-tree-ee, pat-er pa-tree-ee]
noun
  1. Latin. father of his country.
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  • Riccabocca was standing on the hearth under his symbolical representation of the "Patriae Exul."

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British Dictionary definitions for patriae

amor patriae

noun
  1. love of one's country; patriotism
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