pater

For instance, we find closely matching terms in Latin with "pater," Sanskrit's "pitar" and in Greek with "patér" – all older languages that developed separately from the Germanic line.

From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2022

It must be like the dipsy pater familias turning up to a family gathering where everyone knows he has frittered away their inheritance.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 12, 2017

Yet critics maintain that the Packers have betrayed not only the country but also the pater familias of football: legendary Green Bay coach Vince Lombardi.

From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2017

Cosby set Constand up on a meeting with Lou Weiss, a pater familias of the old WMA who retired in 2007.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2017

The ghosts muttered and complained, until the pater got them under control with a taxicab whistle.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

This single parent language – known as Proto Indo-European – spawned all these later languages and their shared word for paters.

From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2022

“Good man. But best not mention it to”—Hugo nodded through the garage wall—“the maters and the paters, or we'll spend the rest of the afternoon playing Ludo or the Game of Life under strict supervision.”

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

Promises in plenty; he rattles them off his tongue as glib as the old nuns do their paters; but if he opens his mouth he takes good care to keep his purse shut.

From Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 365, March, 1846 by Various

You have no idea how many aves and paters, and psalms and litanies I have to say before I can quiet my mind down again!

From The Missing Bride by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth

The guard just whispered in my ear, that he saw you look at the priming of your pistols before getting in; and faith I said four paters, and a hail Mary, before you'd count five.

From The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer — Volume 2 by Charles James Lever