Pater may refer to: Latin for "father" a title given to a father deity Dis Pater, a Roman and Celtic god of the underworld, later subsumed by Pluto or Jupiter God the Father in Christianity a title or honorific applied to a male community leader a honorific for ordained Catholic priests Pater familias Pater Patriae Pater, the leader of a Mithraeum in Mithraism People with the surname Grzegorz Pater (born 1974), Polish soccer player Jean-Baptiste Pater (1695–1736), French painter Walter Pater (1839–1893), English essayist, critic and humanist Popular culture Pater (film), a 2011 French film Pater Moeskroen, Dutch Folkband Stade Pater Te Hono Nui, a stadium/sports complex in Pirae, Tahiti
Other uses Pastil, a Filipino packed rice dish
See also Pater noster Patriarch Patriarchy Mater (disambiguation)