PATRIARCHAL in a Sentence
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20 example sentences for PATRIARCHAL, such as:
1. You're an advocate of patriarchal despotism.
2. In many primitive tribes, the leader and lawmaker was the patriarch.
3. Uncas took the scout by the hand, and led him to the feet of the patriarch.
2. In many primitive tribes, the leader and lawmaker was the patriarch.
3. Uncas took the scout by the hand, and led him to the feet of the patriarch.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of PATRIARCHAL
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patriarchal
a. relating to or characteristic of a man who is older or higher in rank
a. characteristic of a form of social organization in which the male is the family head and title is traced through the male line
Classic Sentence: (17 in 2 pages)
1 And, even with this terror in his heart, he could hardly avoid laughing, to imagine how the sanctified old patriarchal deacon would have been petrified by his minister's impiety.
2 Levin, who had long been familiar with these patriarchal methods, exchanged glances with Sviazhsky and interrupted Mihail Petrovitch, turning again to the gentleman with the gray whiskers.
3 Tradition it holds sacred; it is a patriarchal people; it cannot live without faith.
4 You're an advocate of patriarchal despotism.
5 Both her cast of form and feature, her complexion and her general air, suggested the idea of some Israelitish princess of the patriarchal days; and such was doubtless the character she intended to represent.
6 They have, in the country of Pontarlier, whither you are going, Monsieur Valjean, a truly patriarchal and truly charming industry, my sister.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER IV—DETAILS CONCERNING THE CHEESE-DAIRIES OF PONTA...
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER IV—DETAILS CONCERNING THE CHEESE-DAIRIES OF PONTA...
7 The passage at which he was utterly unable to say anything, and began fidgeting and cutting the table and swinging his chair, was where he had to repeat the patriarchs before the Flood.
8 That morning Aunt Pitty had reached the regretful decision that she had better kill the patriarch before he died of old age and pining for his harem which had long since been eaten.
9 Shame and fear sped her homeward and, in her mind, Archie with his patriarch's beard assumed the proportions of an avenging angel straight from the pages of the Old Testament.
10 After a suitable and decent pause, the principal chiefs arose, and, approaching the patriarch, they placed his hands reverently on their heads, seeming to entreat a blessing.
11 From the moment that he took his seat, until the present instant, the lips of the patriarch had not severed, and scarcely a sign of life had escaped him.
12 The calm and deep silence which succeeded these words sufficiently announced the awful reverence with which his people received the communication of the patriarch.
13 Uncas took the scout by the hand, and led him to the feet of the patriarch.
14 Magua, whose feelings during that scene in which Uncas had triumphed may be much better imagined than described, answered to the call by stepping boldly in front of the patriarch.
15 The room was soon filled with a motley assemblage, from the old gray-headed patriarch of eighty, to the young girl and lad of fifteen.
Example Sentence:
1 The women's group running the poster campaign says that's because Turkey is still a very patriarchal society, a place where politics is seen as man's work.
2 The women's group running the poster campaign says that's because Turkey is still a very patriarchal society, a place where politics is seen as man's work and women are far less likely to have the funds needed to run for election.
3 In many primitive tribes, the leader and lawmaker was the patriarch.