Pater

Pater may refer to:

• the Latin for "father"
• a title given to a father deity
  • Dis Pater, a Roman and Celtic god of the underworld, later subsumed by Pluto or Jupiter
  • God the Father in Christianity
• a title or honorific applied to a male community leader
  • a honorific for ordained Catholic priests
  • Pater familias
  • Pater Patriae

• as a geographical name
  • Pater (village)

• as a surname:
  • Jean-Baptiste Pater (1695-1736), French painter
  • Walter Pater (1839-1893), English essayist, critic, and humanist

in popular culture

• Pater (film), a 2011 French film
• Pater Moeskroen, Dutch Folkband

See also

• Pater noster
• Patriarch
• Patriarchy
• Mater (disambiguation)