Our pagan forefathers believed the oak to be a sacred tree and that the marks in the bark revealed the presence of a dryad. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
Giotto, the man described as the forefather of the Renaissance movement. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
'I am a Sac,' said I; 'my forefather was a Sac; and all the nation call me a Sac.'. From Wordnik.com. [History, Manners, and Customs of the North American Indians] Reference
They have a tradition that their forefather was a man of the name of Shayg (شايق), whose four sons gave origin to their principal tribes. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in Nubia] Reference
The "forefather" of these boats was Johnny Morris with his Bass Pro Tracker package models. From Wordnik.com. [Tracker Pro team 175] Reference
I am a "forefather" myself (for I have six children), but I am not the son of a forefather. From Wordnik.com. [Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O] Reference
Unknown to us, at time we were deliberating over him, the man famously called the forefather of the City Fiction’ had passed on. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-11-01] Reference
My forefather was a SAC!. From Wordnik.com. [Autobiography of Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak, or Black Hawk] Reference
KING: You feel like you're the forefather of all of this?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 20, 2006] Reference
That was the purpose of the son being a distant forefather. From Wordnik.com. [James McBride on 'Song Yet Sung'] Reference
But I know he was fore-forefather to fellows like me and you. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-08] Reference
Orkins might be the forefather of a new race -- a helluva race. From Wordnik.com. [The Whispering Spheres] Reference
Together, those two accomplishments made him a forefather of the Net. From Wordnik.com. [The Quiet Genius Who Brings It All Together] Reference
It must have been from his Pilgrim forefather that Mr. Cushing inherited. From Wordnik.com. [As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century] Reference
Their forefather was one Wáíl, who left by his descendants two great tribes. From Wordnik.com. [The Land of Midian] Reference
Find in the Glossary the meaning of: forefather; renown; towering; heart-strings. From Wordnik.com. [The Elson Readers, Book 5] Reference
Old Jonathan Couch, the forefather of our present "Q," gives a striking picture of what. From Wordnik.com. [The Cornwall Coast] Reference
And we didn't expect any, since the Wind U120 contains the same guts as its forefather. From Wordnik.com. [Wired Top Stories] Reference
Levi was forefather of the priestly tribe; therefore Melchizedek's priesthood was greater than. From Wordnik.com. [Our Man In Heaven: An Exposition of the Epistle to the Hebrews] Reference
The Abridged Kalachakra Tantra seven generations after his forefather, King Suchandra, compiled. From Wordnik.com. [External and Internal Kalachakra: Brief Survey of the First Two Chapters of The Kalachakra Tantra] Reference
It's doing great so far, thanks to innovation, hard work, and all that other forefather nonsense. From Wordnik.com. [Keith Blanchard: I'll Take MY Bailout, Now, Thanks!] Reference
Piet Cupido, forefather of many community members, on an island in the delta of the Orange River. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
This is in respects to the death of Yosef Haim Brenner, a forefather of modern Hebrew literature. From Wordnik.com. [Same or Different Reasons, Many Demonstrate On May Day 2009] Reference
Indeed, the forefather themselves noted things would likely need reinterpretation and revision in time. From Wordnik.com. [Endorsing Ron Paul, and Why Progressive Dems Should Support Ron Paul] Reference
English Revolution, Cain becomes the forefather of the privileged landed oppressors of the common people. From Wordnik.com. [CLASS] Reference
Shansi, became the forefather of almost all the noble families, including that of the imperial house of the Chou. From Wordnik.com. [A History of China] Reference
It was the culinary forefather of toad-in-the-hole, hot-pot, Irish stew, and of that devil-dreaded Cornish pasty. From Wordnik.com. [Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine] Reference
He abbreviated the tantra that his forefather had compiled, because it was much too large for the people to study. From Wordnik.com. [Background for Attending a Kalachakra Initiation for World Peace] Reference
So I take these words as an admonition, not just from a distant historical figure, but from a man who was my forefather. From Wordnik.com. [Kamran Pasha: The Beginning of the End for The Taliban] Reference
Nationalist Party showing a family group headlined: "Our forefather was president of the AZNC, but we're all voting NP.". From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
"How can we then accept it," they returned, "when thus was our forefather blessed, 'Thy hand shall be against every man?'". From Wordnik.com. [Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala] Reference
Whether marked by lettered stone or grassy mound, it mattered little -- he knew where each rude forefather of the hamlet lay. From Wordnik.com. [Lancashire Idylls (1898)] Reference
Such were the Alkmaiônidai, the Julii, or the Scyldingas, the real or artificial descendants of a real or supposed forefather. From Wordnik.com. [Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American] Reference
Your breasts will remind us, in our deepest forefather DNA, that we managed to get through the winter with our stored meat intact. From Wordnik.com. [they have a fight, triangle wins] Reference
Midian was a people inhabiting the east side of Jordan, on the borders of Moab; so called from their forefather, Midian, the son of. From Wordnik.com. [The Sermons of John Owen] Reference
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