patriarchs
In the Old Testament, the “founding fathers” of the Israelites: Abraham and Isaac, Jacob, and the sons of Jacob. (See Joseph and his brothers.)
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Nor has Dick ever been one of those heavy-handed patriarchs who bangs his fist on the table and demands that everyone get along.
As the great commentator, the Ramban, teaches, “everything that happened to the patriarchs is a portent for the children.”
They are supposed to be the varieties which were propagated by the patriarchs and their descendants, the Jewish race.
Domestic Animals | Richard L. AllenPerhaps the patriarchs own statement of the case, as made to the writer, gives as good a defence for the custom as can be made.
The Cradle of Mankind | W.A. WigramThe patriarchs body was treated with the grossest indignity—stripped, and flung out into the street.
The Cradle of Mankind | W.A. Wigram
"One of the patriarchs, I suppose you mean," replied Fanny, smiling.
Frank Fairlegh | Frank E. SmedleyIn the Kalevala we meet with no kings, but only patriarchs, or chiefs of clans.
Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) | Anonymous
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