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Meanings of old patriarch in English

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Usage of old patriarch in English
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The old patriarch had no particular reason now for holding Kazan down.
Kazan
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She's married to a more central character, Douglas, the Mandible family's 97-year- old patriarch.
The Guardian
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Samsung's 73-year- old patriarch Lee Kun-hee has been hospitalized since a heart attack last year.
Reuters
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Perhaps the likeness to the old patriarch ended here.
The Chignecto Isthmus and Its First Settlers
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Ambrose was surprised and a little disconcerted to see the grim old patriarch so moved.
The Fur Bringers: A Story of the Canadian Northwest
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One morning, before dawn, as the two walked out, the old patriarch opened his heart.
A History of the Moravian Church
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The timid, infirm, life-loving old patriarch of science falls.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 3 part 2: Renaissance and Refor...
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The intervention by the 91-year- old patriarch has renewed the prospect of Jeb running against family ghosts.
The Guardian
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The old patriarch was without a coat at the time, but, unmindful of that, hastened after.
Twelve Men
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Mohammed Yunus, the 58-year- old patriarch of the Muslim family that runs the dairy, shook his head.
Reuters
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Doesn't he look like a grand old patriarch?
Ester Ried
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Though the old patriarch had lost one tooth, the three that remained had not deteriorated with age.
Kazan
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I did not want to offend the old patriarch's faith, but nor could I hide my dismay.
Siege of heaven
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I'm great friends with that old patriarch.
A Tramp Abroad
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A reverent old patriarch man as you be-seventy if a day-togo hornpiping like that by yourself!
The Return of the Native
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There's no use trying to read great profundity in the words of an old patriarch of the woods.
Cubs of the Wolf
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