patronymic

Example Sentences

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Another time he had addressed a prison official by his military rank rather than the more respectable name and patronymic.

From New York Times

We learned his birth date, his birthplace, his wife’s — my grandmother’s — patronymic.

From Washington Post

“On Monday morning at school I was greeted with the words: ‘Marina Gusmanovna, the police are here for you,’” Dubrova said in the interview, using her formal name with patronymic.

From Washington Post

Tetyana, who identified herself by her first name and patronymic but did not give her family name, was released after being held for four days.

From Reuters

“Ivan Sergeyevich, why don’t you take care of yourself?” wrote one woman, using his first name and his patronymic, a polite form of address in the Russian-speaking world.

From Seattle Times