About The Word Paternal
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Paternal
Paternal Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Paternal?
[adj] relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent; "parental guidance"
[adj] characteristic of a father [adj] belonging to or inherited from one's father; "spent his childhood on the paternal farm"; "paternal traits" Synonyms | Synonyms for Paternal: fatherlike | fatherly | maternal | parental | paternalistic Related Terms | Find terms related to Paternal: adoring | affectionate | ancestorial | ancestral | concerned | conjugal | demonstrative | devoted | faithful | fatherlike | fatherly | filial | fond | grandfatherly | grandmotherly | grandparental | husbandly | indulgent | kindly | languishing | lovelorn | lovesick | lovesome | loving | maternal | melting | mother | motherlike | motherly | parent | parental | patriarchal | patrilateral | patrilineal | patrilinear | patrimonial | romantic | sentimental | soft | solicitous | tender | uxorious | wifely See Also | patriarchal Paternal In Webster's Dictionary \Pa*ter"nal\, a. [L. paternus, fr. pater a father: cf.
F. paternel. See {Father}.]
1. Of or pertaining to a father; fatherly; showing the
disposition of a father; guiding or instructing as a
father; as, paternal care. ``Under paternal rule.''
--Milton.
2. Received or derived from a father; hereditary; as, a
paternal estate.
Their small paternal field of corn. --Dryden.
{Paternal government} (Polit. Science), the assumption by the
governing power of a quasi-fatherly relation to the
people, involving strict and intimate supervision of their
business and social concerns, upon the theory that they
are incapable of managing their own afffairs.
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