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Patri
1[ pah-tree ]
noun
- An·ge·lo [an, -j, uh, -loh], 1877–1965, U.S. educator and writer, born in Italy.
patri-
2- a combining form meaning “father,” occurring originally in loanwords from Greek and Latin ( patriarch; patrician ), and used in the formation of new compounds ( patrilineal ).
patri-
combining_form
- father
patrilocal
patricide
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Patri1
from Latin pater, Greek patēr father
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Example Sentences
Ibi tertium iam mensem ger decumbebat, cuius salus erat conclamata, quem Barbari visendum Patri obtulerunt.
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He breaks out, indeed, into a burst of devotional praise—Gloria Patri—as if for some special and never-to-be-forgotten mercy.
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The shouts of joy had ceased to be a burden to him; and no one cried 'Pater Patri' as he passed.
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He was curiously fond of quotations, and the last words he uttered were 'Dulce et decorum est pro patri mori.'
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Nec diu scelerum impunitus, patri consternatione perimitur; eadem spiritum eripiente, qu regnum largita fuerat.
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