Lat. A father; the father. In the civil law, this word sometimes included avu8, (grandfather.) Dig. 50, 16, 201. Pater patriae. Father of the country. See Paeens Patbls:. Pater is est quern nuptiee dexnonstrant. The father is he whom the marriage points out.
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