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• n  the male head of family or tribe

• The Brooke rajahs ruled their Kentucky-size kingdom with the stern dignity of a Victorian paterfamilias, but with humanity and imagination as well; in the annals of colonialism .
• Midway through the twelve-hour cinema-verite series, paterfamilias and executive Bill Loud and wife Pat decided to split up.
• But five young kids have lost their fathers, and paterfamilias William Kissel, 78, has lived through the killings of two of his three children.

• patriarch

News & Articles

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• Road work idles for MIS racing; Minis to parade
  Sunday is Father's Day and maybe you're thinking of treating your paterfamilias to the Quicken Loans 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series on Sunday at the Michigan International Speedway. But what about road construction?
  June 14, 2013 - Detroit News

Quotes

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• Eddie Goldenberg in United Press International
  Eddie Goldenberg, a veteran of the Chretien administration, described him in his book "The Way It Works: Inside Ottawa" as "the paterfamilias of the family."