Word: patriarchal
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...Patriarch+Patriarch. Swinging eastward the glass would have focused...
...Last week the London Times, patriarch of the world press, announced, after due study and consideration, that it had decided that the public had shown such real and lasting interest in the phenomenon, that henceforth the Times would publish one crossword puzzle each...
...secular authority delegated by the Holy See. Originally peculiar to the Pope, it is now given to cardinals and archbishops as the highest papal honor. As Archbishop Ratti, Pope Pius XI received the pallium for his work in Poland. Two to receive pallia a month ago were Cardinals Cerejeira, Patriarch of Lisbon, and Verdier, Archbishop of Paris...
...fieldstone, and swung a pick, besides paying all bills. He wanted this school to be a model of city and country advantages for rural education. When they put up a plaque with the names of the builders and what each had done, he paired his name with the village patriarch...
...Patriarch. William Courtleigh is disclosed as an aged mountaineer who acts as lawgiver for his entire region. When one of his sons slays another in a fit of sexual rage, the hoary solon is faithful to the credo of the crags and becomes the boy's executioner. While it provokes thought, is often sensitively acted, this earnest incident has perhaps been regarded too literally, fails to achieve dramatic impact...