alma mater
n. - fostering mother, school you graduated from
patrician
n. - a person of high birth, as descending from founding fathers (can also be used as an adj.)
patron
n. a supporter, like one's father (can also be used as an adj.)
patriarch
n. a male head of a family (matriarch - female head of family)
pattern
n. - a model worthy of copying, like a father, v. - to copy
patronym
n. - a name taken from one's father
maternity
n. - motherhood (can also be used as an adjective if referring to pregnancy or birth), paternity = fatherhood
matricide
n. - murder of a mother by her child (patricide - murder of father)
matrimony
n. - marrying a woman to make her a mother
matrix
n. - the place where mothering occurs; womb