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

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

Louise desired to retain Anna Monica in her own custody, but though the child's fathership is in doubt, to say the least, Frederick Augustus insisted upon the little one's transference to his care.

From Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess by Fischer, Henry W. (Henry William)

There is a poem in which the Provençals claim the fathership of the cult of woman; their opponents do not deny it, but add that it was an invention which "could fill no man's stomach."

From The Evolution of Love by Schleussner, Ellie