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- noun Plural form of
matriarch .
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W. JUDD: Yes, I think my grandmother, what you would call the matriarchs of the ...
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For nearly a thousand years, the Islamic rulers of the Holy Land forbade Jews from entering the tomb of the patriarchs and matriarchs, allowing them to climb only seven steps into the tomb but beating them mercilessly if they rose any higher.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: A Spiritual Night in Hebron Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2010
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For nearly a thousand years, the Islamic rulers of the Holy Land forbade Jews from entering the tomb of the patriarchs and matriarchs, allowing them to climb only seven steps into the tomb but beating them mercilessly if they rose any higher.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: A Spiritual Night in Hebron Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2010
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There, its crown jewel is the city of Hebron, first capital city of the Jewish people and where its patriarchs and matriarchs are buried.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: A Spiritual Night in Hebron Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2010
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There, its crown jewel is the city of Hebron, first capital city of the Jewish people and where its patriarchs and matriarchs are buried.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: A Spiritual Night in Hebron Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2010
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It is time to politically educate Latin matriarchs who make decisions of the households.
DeeDee Garcia Blase: Hispanic Matriarch Political Movement Reaction to Herman Cain's Atrocious Anti-Immigrant Remarks DeeDee Garcia Blase 2011
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He began to mumble the goddess's name, unaware that his voice had shifted from the rhythms of a commoner to the heady, respiratory melodies of the matriarchs.
G'lder Curtis Hox 2011
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There, its crown jewel is the city of Hebron, first capital city of the Jewish people and where its patriarchs and matriarchs are buried.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: A Spiritual Night in Hebron Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2010
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And as Latina matriarchs, we're appalled by the cold-hearted tone the national debate has taken, especially with female figures like Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann.
DeeDee Garcia Blase: Hispanic Matriarch Political Movement Reaction to Herman Cain's Atrocious Anti-Immigrant Remarks DeeDee Garcia Blase 2011
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For nearly a thousand years, the Islamic rulers of the Holy Land forbade Jews from entering the tomb of the patriarchs and matriarchs, allowing them to climb only seven steps into the tomb but beating them mercilessly if they rose any higher.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: A Spiritual Night in Hebron Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2010
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