Leader of a social system in which males hold primary power.
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Examples for "patriarch"
Examples for "patriarch"
1I think my grandfather as the patriarch took responsibility for the decision.
2For the first time, though, not everyone agreed with the patriarch's approach.
3Disappointed, some opposition leaders accused authorities of putting pressure on the patriarch.
4As far as the patriarch was concerned, the relationship had ended there.
5Does not the patriarch say that those who serve shall be rewarded?
1Unmistakably he seemed the pater familias, the husband and the father, the man of social domestic ties.
Translations for pater familias