Crossword-Solution: PATERNAL
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Paternal | a. | Of or pertaining to a father; fatherly; showing the disposition of a father; guiding or instructing as a father; as, paternal care. |
| Paternal | a. | Received or derived from a father; hereditary; as, a paternal estate. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
|---|---|---|
| PATERNAL | anagram | PARENTAL, PRENATAL |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TAERE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with PATERNAL (5)
Silence, ye troubl’d waves, and thou Deep, peace, Said then th’ Omnific Word, your discord end: Nor staid, but on the Wings of Cherubim Uplifted, in Paternal Glorie rode Farr into _Chaos_, and the World unborn; For _Chaos_ heard his voice: him all his Traine Follow’d in bright procession to behold Creation, and the wonders of his might.
Standing on that miserable eminence, she saw again her native village, in Old England, and her paternal home: a decayed house of grey stone, with a poverty-stricken aspect, but retaining a half obliterated shield of arms over the portal, in token of antique gentility.
Ichabod Crane had a soft and foolish heart towards the sex; and it is not to be wondered at that so tempting a morsel soon found favor in his eyes, more especially after he had visited her in her paternal mansion.
Instead of permitting considerable local autonomy as the British did, the Spanish Council of the Indies in Madrid assumed a stance of illiberal, paternal, bureaucratic control.
When that shall happen, I desire no other revenge than your acceptance of the best offices in my power to do you.” With a bow to Hepzibah, and a degree of paternal benevolence in his parting nod to Phœbe, the Judge left the shop, and went smiling along the street.
Quotes with PATERNAL (3)
I am of old and young, of the foolish as much as the wise, Regardless of others, ever regardful of others, Maternal as well as paternal, a child as well as a man, Stuffed with the stuff that is course, and stuffed with the stuff that is fine, one of the nation, of many nations, the smallest the same and the the largest
It is now clear that faith is a singular pledge of paternal love, treasured up for the sons whom he has adopted.
But I was brought up on convent morals and paternal nationalism, I was getting bogged down in contradictions.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: CrosSynergy, Newsday, NYT, Universal, WP.
Used 7 times in crossword archives (1972–2014).