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BAMS 2nd QTR Mater & Pater
Word | Definition |
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alma mater | the school one has attended |
maternity | being a mother; motherhood |
matriculate | to be admitted or enrolled into a college or university |
matrimony | the union of a man and a woman; marriage; being married |
matron | a married woman or a widow, especially a mother, of dignity, mature age, and established social position; a woman that supervises women or children |
paternity | being a father; fatherhood |
patriarch | a man who rules a family, clan, or tribe; the head man in a |
patrician | a person of refined upbringing, manners, and tastes; an aristocrat |
patriot | a person who loves, supports, and defends his/her country |
patronize | to be a frequent or regular customer of an establishment;; to treat in a condescending manner |
patronym | a name derived from the father |
pattern | a plan, diagram, or model to be followed. |
matriarch | a woman who rules a family, clan or tribe; the head woman in a family |
matrix | a situation or surrounding substance within which something else originates, develops, or is contained; the womb |
matricide | killing one’s mother |
mater | mother |
pater | father |
arch | ruler |