Pater Patriae

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[pah-ter pah-tree-ahy, pey-ter pey-tree-ee, pat-er pa-tree-ee] / ˈpɑ tɛr ˈpɑ triˌaɪ, ˈpeɪ tər ˈpeɪ triˌi, ˈpæt ər ˈpæ triˌi /

noun

1. Latin. father of his country.

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Pater Patriae

Prefixed to the original publication were an "Ode to the King, Pater Patriae," and an "Essay on Lyric Poetry."

From Johnson's Lives of the Poets — Volume 2 by Johnson, Samuel

At the end of the corridor is the chapel which Cosimo de' Medici, Pater Patriae caused Michelozzo to build for his delight.

From Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa With Sixteen Illustrations In Colour By William Parkinson And Sixteen Other Illustrations, Second Edition by Hutton, Edward

Entitled by public decree Pater Patriae, he was buried at his own request without any pompous funeral, beneath a simple marble in front of the high altar of San Lorenzo.

From The Story of Florence by Gardner, Edmund G.

He was given two palaces, many privileges, and the title of Liberator et Pater Patriae.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" by Various

"Pater Patriae," "Nonarum Dux," the control of the bread-tax,—all should be added to him in time, if only the Borgia could be fed elsewhere.

From Little Novels of Italy by Hewlett, Maurice Henry