patrescence

English

Etymology

Compare Latin pater (father), English matrescence (becoming a mother).

Noun

patrescence (uncountable)

  1. The process of becoming (and coming to inhabit the role of) a father.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:patrescence.
  • patrescent

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