pater — meaning in English

English meaning

• father noun A male parent.
• pope noun The bishop of Rome, head of the Roman Catholic Church.

Senses

pater is used for these senses in English:

• Father (Wicca) One of the triune gods of the Horned God in Wicca, representing a man, younger than the elderly Sage and older than the boyish Master.
• father A male parent, especially of a human; a male who parents a child (which he has sired, adopted, fostered, taken as his own, etc.).

father — full definition

1. noun A male parent.
2. noun A person seen as the founder or leading figure of something.
3. noun A title of respect for a priest.
4. verb To be the male parent of a child.

pope — full definition

1. noun The bishop of Rome, head of the Roman Catholic Church.
2. noun By extension, the head of certain other churches, such as the Coptic Orthodox Church.

Related Latin words