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Example sentences from the Web for patriarchsAs the great commentator, the Ramban, teaches, “everything that happened to the Patriarchs is a portent for the children.” The Vulnerability of American Rabbis|Rabbi Jonah Geffen|November 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST He might almost have lived in the time of the Patriarchs, but we gather that he preferred the days of the profits. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 153, Aug 29, 1917|Various This certainly was the case before the Babylonish exile, though doubtless the patriarchs had more correct notions. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences|Edward Hitchcock When he speaks of morals and the family, he seems at times like the patriarchs of the Bible. What is Property?|P. J. Proudhon
Words related to patriarchselder, ruler, founder, grandfather, originator, head, author, generator, sire, father, chief, master, architect, senior, ancestor, creator, maker, inventor, gaffer, paterfamilias In the Old Testament, the “founding fathers” of the Israelites: Abraham and Isaac, Jacob, and the sons of Jacob. (See Joseph and his brothers.) Words nearby patriarchspatriarch, patriarchal, patriarchal cross, patriarchalism, patriarchate, patriarchs, patriarchy, patriate, Patricia, patrician, patriciate The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |