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P :: P () the sixteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a nonvocal consonant whose form and value come from the Latin, into which language the letter was brought, through the ancient Greek, from the Phoenician, its probable origin being Egyptian. Etymologically P is most closely related to b, f, and v; as hobble, hopple; father, paternal; recipient, receive. See B, F, and M..

Fatherly :: Fatherly (a.) Like a father in affection and care; paternal; tender; protecting; careful.

Forisfamiliate :: Forisfamiliate (v. t.) Literally, to put out of a family; hence, to portion off, so as to exclude further claim of inheritance; to emancipate (as a with his own consent) from paternal authority..

Paternally :: Paternally (adv.) In a paternal manner.

Paternal :: Paternal (a.) Of or pertaining to a father; fatherly; showing the disposition of a father; guiding or instructing as a father; as, paternal care..

Patron :: Patron (n.) A master who had freed his slave, but still retained some paternal rights over him..

Patriarch :: Patriarch (n.) The father and ruler of a family; one who governs his family or descendants by paternal right; -- usually applied to heads of families in ancient history, especially in Biblical and Jewish history to those who lived before the time of Moses..

Paternalism :: Paternalism (n.) The theory or practice of paternal government. See Paternal government, under Paternal..

Forisfamiliate :: Forisfamiliate (v. i.) To renounce a legal title to a further share of paternal inheritance.

Paternal :: Paternal (a.) Received or derived from a father; hereditary; as, a paternal estate..

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