What Latin term means “the power of the father”?

Mastery or Dominion

Explanation:

shows the power of the father over his children. it might mean all the power that was delegated to any person by the state, whatever might be the extent of that power. In its narrower signification, it was on the one hand equivalent to imperium ( absolute power), and on the other it expressed the power of those functionaries who had not the imperium. Relation of master and slave or patria, as exhibited in the relation of father and child.

cuando yo [1. era] joven, yo siempre [2. visitaba] a mis abuelos en la costa oeste de puerto rico. mis abuelos [3. vivian] en una pequena casa que [4. estaba] enfrente de una de las playas mas bonitas en la isla. cada vez que yo [5. llegaba] mis abuelos [6. hacian] lo mismo: [7. preparaban] una comida grande y me [8. preguntaban] como las cosas me [9. iban] en la escuela. yo [10. fui] a su casa por siete veranos consecutivos, hasta que ellos [11. decidieron] mudarse a otra parte de la isla porque les [12. tenian] miedo a las olas que a veces [13. eran] un poco grandes.

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