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Example sentences for "patriarchal"

Lexicographically close words:
patri; patria; patriae; patriam; patriarch; patriarchate; patriarchates; patriarchs; patribus; patrician
  1. Then shall thy northern climes their seats display United nations there commence their sway; O'er earth and ocean spread their peerless fame, And send thro time thy patriarchal name.

  2. He said, 'This is truly the patriarchal life: this is what we came to find.

  3. We gained the ground on which the fine old patriarchal long-beards had been seen yesterday--now, alas!

  4. Their existence is patriarchal and simple.

  5. The scheme seems to be patriarchal with a touch of military organisation, for they move and plunder in a sort of formation, and the patriarch is at once commander-in-chief and effective fighting force.

  6. Many of the princes in the list just given, are men of high character, culture and integrity, who exercise a wise, just and patriarchal authority over their subjects.

  7. It is the development of ancient patriarchal hospitality, and the dak bungalow, which is provided for European travelers in all hotelless towns and cities, is simply a refinement of the custom.

  8. Recognising sexual jealousy as the moving force in brute man, I have accepted that the primeval family was of the patriarchal type.

  9. At the dawn of history the patriarchal system was already firmly established, with individual property, and an unusually strong subjection of woman to her father first and afterwards to her husband.

  10. It is possible, however, to see how this communism in living may have arisen and developed out of the conditions we have studied in the far distant patriarchal groups.

  11. So far I have followed very closely the family group gathered around the patriarchal tyrant, under the conditions given by Mr. Atkinson and Mr. Lang, in Social Origins and Primal Law.

  12. It is the more necessary to do this because there is so marked a tendency to minimise the importance of the mother-age, and to regard the patriarchal family as primeval and universal.

  13. Thus a reaction to the earlier theory of the patriarchal family has set in, especially in recent years.

  14. Thus it became necessary to attempt a new explanation of the origin of the custom, and hence my examination of the primordial patriarchal group.

  15. This system may even be combined with the patriarchal authority of the male.

  16. This could not have acted with any great power among the women in the patriarchal group.

  17. Thus the institutions, habits, prejudices, and superstitions of the patriarchal authority rest like an incubus upon us.

  18. Mr. Atkinson, one of the strongest supporters of the patriarchal theory, agrees with this view, though he does not seem to see its origin, and does not follow up its deep suggestion.

  19. His hair is of a salt and pepper hue and as stiff as bristles; he has a long, waving, milk white goatee which gives him a somewhat patriarchal appearance.

  20. While all other preparations were going on, Simeon the elder stood in his shirt-sleeves before a little looking-glass in the corner, engaged in the anti-patriarchal operation of shaving.

  21. A review of the patriarchal condition, in extenso, would lead us to give special attention to the theocratical constitution.

  22. The head of the patriarchal clan is also its priest.

  23. The basis of the patriarchal condition is the family relation, which develops the primary form of conscious morality, succeeded by that of the State as its second phase.

  24. Their delight was redoubled when, in the presence of the whole party, the interesting articles were brought out, and the model of patriarchal simplicity was formally presented.

  25. There is, however, absolutely nothing unpleasant or unclean about this; on the contrary it rather helps to increase the impression of patriarchal house-management.

  26. From the East may be derived beautiful pictures of a patriarchal condition, of paternal government, and of devotion to it on the part of peoples; from Greeks and Romans, descriptions of popular liberty.

  27. There are no Italians without some traces of manners and of that submission to parents which belonged to the old patriarchal system of the Romans.

  28. At dinner our host, a hale, full-bearded Scotchman, sits at the head of the table and carves for his guests in truly patriarchal style.

  29. As the Christian Sacraments are, so was the Patriarchal Sacrament; it was "a sure testimony and effectual sign of God's grace and good will.

  30. But here first we dare to say, even at the risk of that formidable charge, an antique and obsolete theory of the Patriarchal creed, that probably Abraham knew much more about the Coming One than a modern critique will commonly allow.

  31. The frightful spectacle that was then presented to my eyes I shall never forget, though I should attain the age of the most patriarchal raven.

  32. Kannobin, the old patriarchal residence, did not prevail on the lower clergy or the mass of the Maronites.

  33. Heraclius sent the patriarchal chair from Alexandria to Grado, to which city the patriarchate of Aquileia had been then transferred (Chron.

  34. The legate exercises growing influence on patriarchal and other elections, and on Church government and discipline.

  35. You have come to realize, I hope, that it is your duty to try to see a little more of life than you possibly can leading a patriarchal existence among your flocks and herds.

  36. To whom comes the greater share of them--the dweller in the city, or you in your primitive and patriarchal life?

  37. There seems, as we have said, no evidence of anything resembling the patriarchal system among them; nor of any close or frequent communication between the British churches and the rest of Christendom.

  38. It was not an empire such as had reached full development in Egypt or existed in rudimentary patriarchal form in the tribes around, that Moses aimed to found.

  39. The country of the Taitsi is, of all the Mongol regions, that wherein the patriarchal manners are found to be most accurately preserved, such as the Bible describes them in the lives of Abraham, Jacob, and the other pastors of Mesopotamia.

  40. This resolution offended no one, it was quite understood we adopted this course, not out of contempt towards the inn, but out of love for a patriarchal life.

  41. The patriarchal religions exalted the family, the tribe, the nation.

  42. And so it has been, and still is, in fact, in certain groups, the distinction being that they are the most primitive forms of association in the family or tribe or race, or even in the patriarchal state.

  43. They have, in the country of Pontarlier, whither you are going, Monsieur Valjean, a truly patriarchal and truly charming industry, my sister.

  44. Kingsley] A Treatise on the Patriarchal System of Society as It exists .

  45. It is to me a very pleasing and patriarchal sight.

  46. The patriarchal relations of the country, however, which depended much upon the isolation of the groups, could hardly prevail in similar degree where the slaves of many masters intermingled.

  47. It was vintage time at Savonnieres, which was a French "Castagnolo," a most delightful translation into French of that Italian patriarchal home.

  48. With the hope of passing for her father, Brahms is cultivating a patriarchal beard," continues Hanslick.


  49. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "patriarchal" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    aboriginal; absolute; advanced; aged; ancestral; ancient; aristocratic; atavistic; authoritarian; autochthonous; autocratic; autonomous; bureaucratic; civic; civil; constitutional; democratic; despotic; dictatorial; ecclesiastical; elderly; fascist; fatherly; governmental; gray; grey; gubernatorial; hoar; hoary; humanoid; maternal; matriarchal; monarchical; mother; official; old; parent; parental; parliamentary; paternal; patriarchal; pluralistic; political; prehistoric; prime; primeval; primitive; primordial; pristine; republican; revered; reverend; totalitarian; venerable; white; wrinkled