mater
noun
matres
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pluralof mater.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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"You look pale, child!" cries mamma, anxious, like all pavidae matres.
From The Virginians by William Makepeace Thackeray
In Akenside's Pleasures of Imagination we find:— Hence, finally by night, The village matres, round the blazing hearth Suspend the infant audience with their tales, Breathing astonishment.
From A Study of Fairy Tales by Laura F. Kready
