fathership

Example Sentences

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What my character does in this film is to take someone who otherwise would not have the advice, the fathership that I provide, let alone the skills.

From Washington Post • Sep. 14, 2016

This selection of 14 photographers deconstructs traditional portrayals of fatherhood with a variety of approaches to reveal the complexity of modern fathership.

From Time • Jun. 17, 2016

He could not forget it, though he might own no fathership to the wanderer.

From Men, Women, and Ghosts by Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart

And he gave to them the fathership and control of men and of all creatures.

From Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest by Judson, Katharine Berry

God the Father is He, said St. Paul, from whom every fathership in heaven and earth is named, that we may be such fathers to our children as God is to us. 

From Sermons for the Times by Kingsley, Charles