paty

American  

[pat-ee] / ˈpæt i /

adjective

Heraldry.

1. (of a cross) having arms of equal length, each expanding outward from the center; formée.

   a cross paty.

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Etymology

Origin of paty

1480–90; variant of pattee < Middle French, equivalent to patte paw + -ee; -ee, -ate ¹

Example Sentences

He was fired up by claims circulating on the internet that a few days earlier Paty had ordered Muslims to leave a class of 13-year-olds, before displaying the images of the prophet Muhammad.

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In fact, Paty had been conducting a lesson on freedom of speech, and before showing one of the controversial images first published by the Charlie Hebdo magazine, he advised pupils to avert their eyes if they feared being offended.

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In fact Paty had been conducting a lesson on freedom of speech, and before showing one of the controversial images first published by Charlie Hebdo magazine, he advised pupils to avert their eyes if they feared being offended.

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However, the prosecution had also angered members of Paty's family by refusing to push for maximum sentences, and by downgrading the qualification of some of the imputed crimes.

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In the days following Paty's freedom-of-speech class, her father Brahim Chnina made videos denouncing the teacher by name.

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