Sentence example with the word 'paterfamilias'

paterfamilias

abba, chief, ecclesiarch, foster father, guru, lord, pa, pappy, patron, sahib, starets

Definition n. the male head of family or tribe

Last update: October 23, 2015


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In the domestic circle the union of priesthood and natural headship was never disturbed; the Roman paterfamilias sacrificed for the whole family.   [Please select]

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Paterfamilias's friend looked very grave, and said, quietly, "I don't think I am able to judge."   [Please select]

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Why is the Sisyphus a hard working paterfamilias and the sacred beetle an idle vagabond.   [Please select]

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Each paterfamilias was absolutely master of his own family; merchants managed their own business freely; and so on with the rest.   [Please select]

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There were two private carriages and two four-wheelers, from which paterfamilias and one other gentleman alighted, followed by a small feminine delegation.   [Please select]

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Paterfamilias was eminently just in taking him into the historic firm on a third share, but it would be preposterous to do the same by brother Tom.   [Please select]

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Whereupon Paterfamilias made answer, in the mildly deprecating tone in which the elder sometimes do answer the younger in these topsy-turvy days:-- "That's quite a different case."   [Please select]

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