Meanings of truly parental in English

I have lost a young disciple, endeared to me by a truly parental tie.

This was the language of a pious, candid, and benevolent sovereign, who loved her subjects with a truly parental affection.

Pericles indeed treated her with truly parental tenderness; and no soothing attention, that respect or affection could suggest, was omitted by her friends.

The pastor, (Mr. Jacques), and his wife and family, were truly parental in their actions, and are beloved by these simple-hearted Indians.

Under that of her early monarchs, the Piasts and their senate, she sat beneath an almost patriarchal sceptre, they being native and truly parental princes.