pater

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"I was surprised by how quickly clouds disappeared on Neptune," de Pater added.

From Salon • Aug. 25, 2023

Laudamus te, benedicimus te, adoramus te, glorificamus te, gratias agimus tibi propter magnam gloriam tuam, Domine Deus, Rex caelestis, Deus Pater omnipotens.

From BBC • May 5, 2023

No. What was happening instead is that Monet’s painting was becoming increasingly poetic, closer and closer to abstraction and to what the critic Walter Pater called “the condition of music.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 1, 2023

As Dr. de Pater explained, such last minute requests are not always possible, as telescope time is a precious commodity.

From New York Times • Dec. 5, 2022

“I leave it to Pater Leoden to distribute the remainder of my worldly goods among the parish, as, being an immoral soul, I will have no further need of them.”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss