patresfamilias

[ pey-treez-fuh-mil-ee-uhs, pah-, pa- ]

noun

1. a plural of paterfamilias.

Example Sentences

Isn't it rather the fault of the audience, of your respectable residents, your patresfamilias?

From Project Gutenberg

And what do our patresfamilias, the officials, the wives and daughters, do in such cases?

From Project Gutenberg