Mather

[ math-er, math- ]

noun

1. Cotton, 1663–1728, American clergyman and author.
2. his father In·crease [in, -krees], 1639–1723, American clergyman and author.

Example Sentences

Beers was chairman of Ogilvy Mather and earned the nickname Queen of Madison Avenue.

From The Daily Beast

There are multiple narrators, including two dogs, one who channels Malcolm X and one who channels Cotton Mather.

From The Daily Beast

Dr. Mather was a faithful agent, and was unwearied in securing friends for his country.

From Project Gutenberg

A letter from Mr. Mather, then the minister of the greatest influence, is a proof of it.

From Project Gutenberg

Mather, the famous "Patriarch of New England," who believed in witches, was a very learned man.

From Project Gutenberg

In sound and structure Mather's style is what the critics call "archaistic."

From Project Gutenberg

But at the time about which we are writing there was in Boston a distinguished family of puritanical ministers named Mather.

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