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The pretty rich girl has all the men falling all over her and there's a nasty patriach lurking.
Archive 2006-02-01 esther 2006
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Consulting or canvassing opinions is a different thing - what I'm talking about is taking the word of your parents or clan patriach/matriach as the Law.
Archive 2004-06-01 Dean Francis Alfar 2004
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The pretty rich girl has all the men falling all over her and there's a nasty patriach lurking.
simple things esther 2006
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Consulting or canvassing opinions is a different thing - what I'm talking about is taking the word of your parents or clan patriach/matriach as the Law.
thoughtlife: the filipino family Dean Francis Alfar 2004
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If a Buddha stands in his way, he will cut him down; if a patriach offers him any obstacle, he will kill him; and he will be free in this way of birth and death.
公案: 無 Mumon 2005
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The patriach of the Kennedy family started out as a bootlegger.
Did 19 Year-Old Drug Dealer Promote Deadly Party? Nathaniel Livingston 2005
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Peter, then I'll say, like the patriach in the Bible: 'Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace!'
The Broad Highway Jeffery Farnol 1915
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The patriach and the pope's legates opposed the demand that this formula should be embodied as a dogma of the Church.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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The third post-duluvian patriach after Shem (Gen. 10: 24; 11: 14).
Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897
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Fall from horse claims Australian polo patriach A PROMINENT country NSW family already hit by three accidental deaths has suffered yet another tragedy.
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