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Meanings of paternal quality in English

Catalan
qualitat paternal
Spanish
paternalismo

The benignity and protectiveness of or befitting a father.

        qualitat paternal
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        Examples for "fatherliness"
        Examples for "fatherliness"
        1
        It held, beneath the friendly fatherliness, the smooth steel of command.
        Salem’s Lot
        2
        What was there in this wine of great age which expelled reasonableness, fatherliness?
        The Egoist: A Comedy in Narrative
        3
        Worry, therefore, is an evidence that we do not trust the all-fatherliness of God.
        Quit Your Worrying!
        4
        He felt a pleasant thrill of fatherliness and protection.
        The Debtor: A Novel
        5
        And cryptically he expressed his glow of gratified fatherliness.
        Hidden Creek
        Translations for paternal quality