patriarch
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Connie is the only daughter of Vito Corleone, the fictional mafia patriarch and father of his eventual successor, Michael Corleone.
From Barron's • May 14, 2026
In the small village of Asasa, near Jenin in the West Bank, from which the family patriarch took his name, Hussein had been a highly regarded figure before his death last Friday from natural causes.
From BBC • May 10, 2026
For four generations, the Sartori family of Plymouth, Wis., has been making Asiago cheese in a tradition that dates to patriarch Paolo Sartori, who hailed from a town near Asiago, Italy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
As the patriarch of TLC’s “19 Kids and Counting,” Jim Bob Duggar became synonymous with a conservative Christian lifestyle when the show aired in 2008; it garnered high ratings and ran for 10 seasons.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
Adam saw a big man, bearded like a patriarch, his graying hair stirring in the air like thistledown.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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