Paternal

pa-ter'nal, adj., fatherly shewing the disposition of a father: hereditary. adv. Paternally. [Fr. paiemrl—V.o'M L. patemahs — L. paternus—pater (Gr. pater), a father—root pa, to guard, to feed akin to Saus, pa, to protect, and E. Food. See Father.] Paternity, pa-t^ni-ti, the relation of a father to his offspring origination or authorship* [Fr. — L. pater nit as, fatherly feeling. Paternoster, pat-er-nos'tdr or pS'ter-nos-t Path Father,' the first two words of the Lord’s Prayer in Latin.]