单词	paterfamilias
释义	paterfamilias /ˌpeɪtəfəˈmɪlɪas / /ˌpatəfəˈmɪlɪas/ noun (plural patresfamilias /ˌpeɪtriːzfəˈmɪlɪas/ /ˌpatriːzfəˈmɪlɪas/) The male head of a family or household: at the meal, the story of the Passover is told by the paterfamilias... At the heart of the Roman family was the paterfamilias, the father of the family. The current movie is about a family named Baker, of which the paterfamilias is a small-time college football coach, and the mother is a homemaker. But the legitimization of the traditional family provided by the paterfamilias doctrine was reaffirmed by conservative courts through a doctrine of ‘family autonomy’ in the 1920s. Compare with materfamilias. Origin Latin, literally 'father of the family'. Rhymes materfamilias
随便看	commend commendable commendably commendation Commendatore commendatory commensal commensalism commensality commensally commensurability commensurable commensurably commensurate commensurately commensurateness comment commentariat commentary commentate commentative commentator commenter commerce commercial

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