paterfamilias
noun
the male head of a household or family, usually the father.
paterfamiliases
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pluralof paterfamilias.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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It is the so-called decent people, the noble paterfamiliases, the irreproachable husbands, the loving brothers.
From Yama: the pit by Bernard Guilbert Guerney
These dreams of bliss, put into facile verse yet adorned with a certain poetic gravity, caused some anxiety among the paterfamiliases.
From The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 by Armando Palacio Vald?s
