Sentences with phrase «ruler over his household»

45Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?

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The familial structure referenced in the household codes was that of pater familias [father of the family], which positioned the man as the ruler and authority over an economic / familial unit which consisted of the ruling patriarch, his wife, children and slaves.

The structure of that world centered around the pater familias [father of the family] as the ruler and authority over an economic / familial unit — the household, which consisted of the ruling patriarch, his wife, children and slaves.

He made him master of his household, ruler over all he possessed, to instruct his princes as he pleased and teach his elders wisdom.

Or that, in response, he had issued a ridiculous kingdom - wide decree that «all the women will respect their husbands, from the least to the greatest» and that «every man should be ruler over his own household.»