patriarchally
- a word derived from patriarch.
- a word derived from patriarchal.
Example Sentences
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Washington's patriarchally bearded Dr. Benjamin Karpman took one extreme position.
From Time Magazine Archive
In this pursuit he grows patriarchally old, and at last makes his way back to his own people.
From Views and Reviews by James, Henry
A nomadic, patriarchally governed people—polygamists, ancestor-worshipers, tillers of the soil, sheep-raisers, raiders upon neighboring tribes—such were the primitive Bantu.
From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921 by Various
The friends of the sculptor thus patriarchally establishing himself said laughingly that the region ought to be called Powerstown.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 86, February, 1875 by Various
The vast plains between the settlements were largely governed patriarchally by the ranch owners and the popular and capable gauchos who grew into leaders.
From The South American Republics Part I of II by Dawson, Thomas C.
