patriarch
noun
the male head of a family or tribal line.
patriarchally
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a word derived from
patriarch.
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a word derived from
patriarchal.
patriarchaladjectiveof or relating to a patriarch, the male head of a family, tribe, community, church, order, etc..
Example Sentences
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Washington's patriarchally bearded Dr. Benjamin Karpman took one extreme position.
From Time Magazine Archive
I feel sorry for her, exposed to the passion of a once patriarchally respectable old man.
From Hauntings by Vernon Lee
In this pursuit he grows patriarchally old, and at last makes his way back to his own people.
From Views and Reviews by Henry James
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 Thomas C. Dawson
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
