patrescence
English
Etymology
Compare Latin pater (“father”), English matrescence (“becoming a mother”).
Noun
patrescence (uncountable)
- The process of becoming (and coming to inhabit the role of) a father.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:patrescence.
Related terms
- patrescent
See also
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