paternalis

paternalis [LL] 1 of or belonging to a father. s1189 Normaniam, Aquitaniam ‥ que ei ~i jure contigerant Meaux I 242; a fader, ‥ ~is, paternus, patrius, patruelis CathA. 2 appropriate to a father, fatherly: a (w. ref. to pope, archbishop, or bishop); b (w. ref. to abbot). a c1335 ut ‥ curam dignemini impendere ~em FormOx 88; 1420 vestre [sc. archiepiscopi] ~i generositati Lit. Cant. III 139; 1437 quadam ~i affeccione ‥ habuistis Bekynton I 7; 1442 reverendissime pater et domine ‥ pro immensis vestris beneficiis ~ibus celle nostre de Coldingham ‥ sepissime impensis Pri. Cold. 139.  b si ‥ subjectio filialis ~i discipline submurmuraverit Ad. Marsh Ep. 246 p. 430; a1400 abbas de Fontibus, auctoritate sua ~i, ad monasterium nostrum advenit personaliter visitare Meaux III 267; monacho curam commisit ~em Flete Westm. 79.