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BAMS 2nd QTR Mater & Pater
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |