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pa·ter·fa·mil·i·as
\|pa]d.ə(r)fəˈmilēəs, |pä], |pȧ], ]tə(r), -ēˌas\ noun
(-es ; see sense 1)
Etymology: Latin, from pater father + familias, old gen. of familia family — more at father, family
1. plural pa·tres·fa·mil·i·as \-a.(ˌ)trēzf-; -ä.ˌtrāsf-, -ȧ.ˌ-\ Roman law
a. : the head of a household
b. : someone who is his own master — compare patria potestas, sui juris
2. : the father of a family : the male head of a household
< was rapidly moving into the role of paterfamilias, for his own children numbered four — Jean Holloway > |