paters
- plural of pater.
Example Sentences
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This single parent language – known as Proto Indo-European – spawned all these later languages and their shared word for paters.
From Salon • Jun. 18, 2022
“Good man. But best not mention it to”—Hugo nodded through the garage wall—“the maters and the paters, or we'll spend the rest of the afternoon playing Ludo or the Game of Life under strict supervision.”
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
But I said my aves and paters to our Blessed Lady most dutifully.
From The Last of the Vikings by Bowling, John
"I can readily fancy the mother of my love fitted for heaven without the usual interpositions of masses and paters, Do�a Beatriz; but have aunts no consideration for nephews, as well as mothers for children?"
From Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay by Cooper, J. Fenimore
No, no, Signor Andrea; I have provided myself with a string of beads, which I intend to count over, with aves and paters, while the firing lasts, like a good Catholic.
From The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet by Cooper, James Fenimore
