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

There was one named Cosimo, who did so much to make his city famous that he was called Pater Patriae, the father of the country, as was, centuries afterwards, our own Washington.

From Michelangelo A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Master, With Introduction And Interpretation by Hurll, Estelle M. (Estelle May)

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

"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

After his death it was decided that as Pater Patriae, or Father of his Country, he should be for ever known.

From A Wanderer in Florence by Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall)

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.