Word Meanings - PATRIARCH - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The father and ruler of a family; one who governs his family or descendants by paternal right; -- usually applied to heads of families in ancient history, especially in Biblical and Jewish history to those who lived before the time of Moses.

• Live-forever
  A plant (Sedum Telephium) with fleshy leaves, which has extreme powers of resisting drought; garden ox-pine.
• Liveries
  of Livery
• Paternal
  Of or pertaining to a father; fatherly; showing the disposition of a father; guiding or instructing as a father; as, paternal care.
• Rightfulness
  The quality or state of being rightful; accordance with right and justice.
• Applicatorily
  By way of application.
• RIGHTLINED
  Formed by right lines; rectilineal; as, a right-lined angle.
• Father
  One who has begotten a child, whether son or daughter; a generator; a male parent.
• Headship
  Authority or dignity; chief place.
• Headsmen
  of Headsman
• Livelihed
  See Livelihood.
• Livery
  The act of delivering possession of lands or tenements.
• Paternalism
  The theory or practice of paternal government. See Paternal government, under Paternal.
• Right-hand
  Situated or being on the right; nearer the right hand than the left; as, the right-hand side, room, or road.
• Applicatory
  Having the property of applying; applicative; practical.
• RIGHTMINDED
  Having a right or honest mind. -- Right"-mind`ed*ness, n.
• Fathered
  of Father
• Headsman
  An executioner who cuts off heads.
• Livelihood
  Subsistence or living, as dependent on some means of support; support of life; maintenance.

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