Usage of "pater familias"

portugués

español

Leader of a social system in which males hold primary power.

Synonyms

Examples for "patriarch"

Examples for "patriarch"

I think my grandfather as the patriarch took responsibility for the decision. 
 Rock and Ice Magazine 

For the first time, though, not everyone agreed with the patriarch's approach. 
 Reuters 

Disappointed, some opposition leaders accused authorities of putting pressure on the patriarch. 
 Reuters 

As far as the patriarch was concerned, the relationship had ended there. 
 Legends of the dragonrealm, vol ii 

Does not the patriarch say that those who serve shall be rewarded? 
 Legends of the dragonrealm, vol ii 

Usage of pater familias in inglés

Unmistakably he seemed the pater familias, the husband and the father, the man of social domestic ties. 
 "My Novel" — Volume 11 

Translations for pater familias

portugués

español

Meanings of pater familias in inglés