Both Uses of
patriarch
in
War and Peace
- He hired the first cab he met and told the driver to go to the Patriarch's Ponds, where the widow Bazdeev's house was.†
Chpt 11 *
- Having reached the Patriarch's Ponds Pierre found the Bazdeevs' house, where he had not been for a long time past.†
Chpt 11
Definition:
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(patriarch) a usually elderly man who is the leader of a group such as a family or tribe