The family patriarch, who is 66, will not bow out of the company's management completely.

Along with the family patriarch, Hubert, 76, the sons decided that the business had seen its day.

As family patriarch and sexual chaperon, she didn't think much got past that man.

But the family patriarch played no part in its creation, and may never even have visited.

Even so, it's hard to take one's eyes off the family patriarch whenever he pads into view.

He was a role model and the family patriarch.

He is the illegitimate son of the family patriarch and the black cook.

It is a dark comedy set during the funeral of a family patriarch.

It's bad enough that the family patriarch has been imprisoned for fraud, after all.

He is a bit like a family patriarch, for people obey him out of respect, fear and tradition.