He proceeded down the aisle, dressed in the robe of the patriarch of the family. |
Mrs. Shem abnegates her part in the cursing and places the blame on the patriarch. |
As the patriarch of the family, my grandfather commanded an enormous amount of respect. |
He championed victims of injustice and the public came to view him not as an impudent libertine but as a patriarch and a sage. |
The head of the house is the elderly father or the patriarch of the family, and the mother has authority over her daughter-in-law. |
The patriarch of the family cautiously goes into the kitchen only to find that there is only a half quart of milk and two slices of bread left! |