Patriarch

WORDS RELATED TO PATRIARCH

elder, founder, grandfather, ruler, ancestor, architect, author, chief, creator, father, gaffer, generator, graybeard, head, inventor, maker, master, originator, paterfamilias, senior

HOW TO USE PATRIARCH IN A SENTENCE

• The recent Trumpworld legal shakeup isn’t confined to the patriarch of the family. TRUMPWORLD’S STAR LAWYERS EXIT AS STORM CLOUDS GATHER|ASAWIN SUEBSAENG, MAXWELL TANI, ROGER SOLLENBERGER, ADAM RAWNSLEY|SEPTEMBER 23, 2021|THE DAILY BEAST
• The practice of confiscating child support payments from the poor persists in part because some policymakers believe that welfare should be considered a loan, to be repaid by the patriarch of the family. THESE SINGLE MOMS ARE FORCED TO CHOOSE: REVEAL THEIR SEXUAL HISTORIES OR FORFEIT WELFARE|BY ELI HAGER, PHOTOGRAPHY BY ADRIA MALCOLM, SPECIAL TO PROPUBLICA|SEPTEMBER 17, 2021|PROPUBLICA
• Always a shady, controversial figure, the patriarch was posthumously revealed to have plundered his employees’ pension funds to avoid bankruptcy. WHAT’S THE POINT OF TRYING TO UNDERSTAND GHISLAINE MAXWELL?|JUDY BERMAN|JUNE 24, 2021|TIME
• Three members of the Ebrahimi family, whose patriarch made a fortune at the software firm Quark, collectively converted $65 million into Roths in 2010 and 2011. LORD OF THE ROTHS: HOW TECH MOGUL PETER THIEL TURNED A RETIREMENT ACCOUNT FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS INTO A $5 BILLION TAX-FREE PIGGY BANK|BY JUSTIN ELLIOTT, PATRICIA CALLAHAN AND JAMES BANDLER|JUNE 24, 2021|PROPUBLICA

BRITISH DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS FOR PATRIARCH

patriarch

/ (ˈpeɪtrɪˌɑːk) /

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noun

the male head of a tribe or familyCompare matriarch (def. 2)

a very old or venerable man

Old Testament any of a number of persons regarded as the fathers of the human race, divided into the antediluvian patriarchs, from Adam to Noah, and the postdiluvian, from Noah to Abraham

Old Testament any of the three ancestors of the Hebrew people: Abraham, Isaac, or Jacob

Old Testament any of Jacob's twelve sons, regarded as the ancestors of the twelve tribes of Israel

Early Church the bishop of one of several principal sees, esp those of Rome, Antioch, and Alexandria

DERIVED FORMS OF PATRIARCH

patriarchal, adjectivepatriarchally, adverb

WORD ORIGIN FOR PATRIARCH

C12: via Old French from Church Latin patriarcha

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