• the Latin for "father
  Father
  A father, Pop, Dad, or Papa, is defined as a male parent of any type of offspring. The adjective "paternal" refers to father, parallel to "maternal" for mother...
  
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• a title given to a father deity
  • Dis Pater
    Dis Pater
    Dis Pater, or Dispater was a Roman god of the underworld, later subsumed by Pluto or Hades. Originally a chthonic god of riches, fertile agricultural land, and underground mineral wealth, he was later commonly equated with the Roman deities Pluto and Orcus, becoming an underworld deity.Dis Pater...
    
    , a Roman and Celtic god of the underworld, later subsumed by Pluto or Jupiter
  • God the Father
    God the Father
    God the Father is a gendered title given to God in many monotheistic religions, particularly patriarchal, Abrahamic ones. In Judaism, God is called Father because he is the creator, life-giver, law-giver, and protector...
    
     in Christianity
• a title or honorific applied to a male community leader
  • a honorific for ordained Catholic priests
  • Pater familias
    Pater familias
    The pater familias, also written as paterfamilias was the head of a Roman family. The term is Latin for "father of the family" or the "owner of the family estate". The form is irregular and archaic in Latin, preserving the old genitive ending in -as...
    
    
  • Pater Patriae
    Pater Patriae
    Pater Patriae , also seen as Parens Patriae, is a Latin honorific meaning "Father of the Country," or more literally, "Father of the Fatherland".- Roman history :...
    
    

• as a geographical name
  • Pater (village)

• as a surname:
  • Jean-Baptiste Pater
    Jean-Baptiste Pater
    Jean-Baptiste Pater was a French rococo painter.Born in Valenciennes, Pater was the son of sculptor Antoine Pater and studied under him before becoming a student of painter Jean-Baptiste Guide. Pater then moved to Paris, briefly becoming a pupil of Antoine Watteau in 1713. Watteau, despite...
    
     (1695-1736), French painter
  • Walter Pater
    Walter Pater
    Walter Horatio Pater was an English essayist, critic of art and literature, and writer of fiction.-Early life:...
    
     (1839-1893), English essayist, critic, and humanist

• Pater (film)
  Pater (film)
  Pater is a 2011 French film directed by Alain Cavalier. It premiered In Competition at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival....
  
  , a 2011 French film
• Pater Moeskroen
  Pater Moeskroen
  Pater Moeskroen is a Dutch Folk group. During the summer they tour the country to play at festivals and big parties; in the winter the band plays in theaters throughout the Netherlands. The band's music contains elements of folk, klezmer, Celtic but also punk influences. Therefore, the band have...
  
  , Dutch Folkband

See also

• Pater noster
  Pater Noster
  Pater Noster is probably the best-known prayer in Christianity.Pater Noster or Paternoster may also refer to:* Paternoster, a passenger elevator which consists of a chain of open compartments that move slowly in a loop up and down inside a building* Paternoster, Western Cape, South Africa* Pierres...
  
  
• Patriarch
  Patriarch
  Originally a patriarch was a man who exercised autocratic authority as a pater familias over an extended family. The system of such rule of families by senior males is called patriarchy. This is a Greek word, a compound of πατριά , "lineage, descent", esp...
  
  
• Patriarchy
  Patriarchy
  Patriarchy is a social system in which the role of the male as the primary authority figure is central to social organization, and where fathers hold authority over women, children, and property. It implies the institutions of male rule and privilege, and entails female subordination...
  
  
• Mater (disambiguation)