Definition of Paterfemilias

Definition of Paterfemilias

||Pa`ter*fa*mil`i*as (?), n.; pl. Pateresfamilias (#). [L., fr. pater father + familias, gen. of familia family.] (Rom. Law) The head of a family; in a large sense, the proprietor of an estate; one who is his own master.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

A man who is the head of a household, family or tribe.

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- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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