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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Aeneas is the pater , the ancestor, the proto-Roman.
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Ever since the pater told her you might be going to marry Cora-Beth, she's been determined to win you back.
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I can tell you one thing - the pater won't give you his blessing.
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I just don't want you having to face the pater only to find that she didn't mean half she said.
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If Pickles really does love you, maybe the pater would give her a decent allowance and you'd manage somehow.
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The pater was saying something to that effect only the other day.