fathership

Example Sentences

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What my character does in this film is to take someone who otherwise would not have the advice, the fathership that I provide, let alone the skills.

From Washington Post • Sep. 14, 2016

This selection of 14 photographers deconstructs traditional portrayals of fatherhood with a variety of approaches to reveal the complexity of modern fathership.

From Time • Jun. 17, 2016

Nägelsbach, original kingship springs from fathership, 48;sacrifice, an essential of Greek piety, 244;the Greek seeks a living personal God, 244.

From Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom by Allies, T. W. (Thomas William)

There is a poem in which the Provençals claim the fathership of the cult of woman; their opponents do not deny it, but add that it was an invention which "could fill no man's stomach."

From The Evolution of Love by Schleussner, Ellie

Marduk, while absorbing the rôle of the old Bel, is still bound to acknowledge the fathership of Ea.

From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Jastrow, Morris