Mater Definition

mātər
noun
Mother.
Webster's New World

(UK slang, now chiefly archaic or humorous) Mother.

Wiktionary

(biology) Someone or something that mates.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Mater

Noun

Singular:
mater
Plural:
maters, matres

Origin of Mater

  • From Latin māter (“mother"), partly via late-Middle English matere.

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin māter māter- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • mate +"Ž -er

    From Wiktionary

Mater Sentence Examples

  • I think he had not realized his proximity to his old alma mater.

  • This new cantata, Stabat Mater, is based on an idea by Paul Davis.

  • The compositions of Haydn include 104 symphonies, 16 overtures, 76 quartets, 68 trios, 54 sonatas, 31 concertos and a large number of divertimentos, cassations and other instrumental pieces; 24 operas and dramatic pieces, 16 Masses, a Stabat Mater, interludes for the " Seven Words," 3 oratorios, 2 Te Deums and many smaller pieces for the church, over 40 songs, over 50 canons and arrangements of Scottish and Welsh national melodies.

  • His refusal to subscribe unconditionally to the rigid formula of belief adopted by the theologians of Tubingen permanently closed against him the gates of his alma mater.

  • He wrote excellent English versions of the Dies irae and the Stabat mater.

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Words Starting With

MMAMAT

Words Ending With

RERTER

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