Thesaurus results for PATRIARCHS

patriarchs

noun

plural of patriarch

as in fathers

a man who is the head of a family Investors worried that the aging patriarch was soon to be replaced atop the family business by his less reliable oldest son.

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Recent Examples of patriarchs The road continues from Beersheba to Hebron, home to the Cave of the Patriarchs, purchased by Abraham some 3,800 years ago and traditionally regarded as the resting place of the biblical patriarchs and matriarchs. —

Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2026 Rebekah, in the Hebrew Bible, matriarch who is the wife of Isaac and the mother of Jacob, both key patriarchs. —

Charles Preston, Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 Mar. 2026 What father would ever allow such devastation, assuring fellow patriarchs that their lives without sons would be ruined forever? —

David John Chávez, Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2026 Perhaps, for a man who has always lived in the shadow of distant patriarchs, the only thing worse than perpetually wondering what his father really thought would be finding out for sure. —

Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2026 After that session, the three patriarchs began reaching out to other heavyweight clans. —

Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 27 Dec. 2025 In addition to Leo and Bartholomew, the participants of the commemorative service included priests, patriarchs and bishops from Orthodox Greek, Syrian, Coptic, Malankarese, Armenian, Protestant and Anglican churches. —

Arkansas Online, 29 Nov. 2025 Forty years after opening, Union Square Cafe is one of the prosperous patriarchs of the New York restaurant world. —

Christine Muhlke, Air Mail, 20 Sep. 2025 Popes and Orthodox patriarchs honor him, and Pärt’s music has received the highest levels of recognition, including Grammy Awards. —

Jeffers Engelhardt, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025

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Blair Miller and Johnathon Bobbitt-Miller, the adoptive fathers of Harmony's brother Jamison, shared a statement following the Supreme Court's decision.

— Matt Schooley, CBS News, 11 June 2026
Children may not resemble either parent, leading to a parent being mistaken for a nanny (with mothers) or a mentor (with fathers) when in public.

— Geoffrey Greif, Baltimore Sun, 11 June 2026