paterfamilias
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The Crown won one other award, for the direction of the second season’s ninth episode, Paterfamilias.
From The Guardian • Sep. 17, 2018
A Hint to Paterfamilias, a cartoon by John Leech, 1858, indicts the sweet-making industry.
From The Guardian • Apr. 18, 2016
But Paterfamilias Leonard makes no mistakes in his rendering of tigers, camels, bighorn sheep, aardvarks and other forms of animal life: the creatures seem to have an existence beyond the page.
From Time Magazine Archive
Paterfamilias Ted braved the Thunderbolt roller coaster with Teddy Jr., 15, sailed through the "Music Express" with Kara, 17, and happily bumped minicars with Patrick, 10.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Well,” said I, “it was either the Lewis gun or Paterfamilias the grim.”
From Great Britain at War by Farnol, Jeffery
Vocabulary lists containing paterfamilias
Ancient Rome - Middle School and High School
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The Roman Republic, Lessons 3–4
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