forefather

Converse of object

• have: Both are British born and both have forefathers who were non-British.
• become: Did Adam become the forefather of the man Jesus Christ?
• worship: Throw away the gods your forefathers worshiped beyond the River and in Egypt and serve the Lord " .
• fight: We need that spirit and those values with which our forefathers fought for a freedom, justice and a better life.
• use: Our forefathers used to say: ' the best for God, the rest for ourselves ' .

Adjective modifier

• Victorian: The issues For the past 150 years successive generations at Amport have had reason to be grateful to our Victorian forefathers.
• spiritual: Our spiritual forefathers avoided this expression through the centuries and we, who follow in same path, avoid it today.
• musical: He is a musical forefather for popular music as we know today.
• British: One of the chief attractions of Coniston is the Old Man, the Alt Maen or High Stone of our British forefathers.
• own: We know we have a battle on our hands, but like your very own forefathers, we will be victorious.

Noun used with modifier

• pagan: Our pagan forefathers believed the oak to be a sacred tree and that the marks in the bark revealed the presence of a dryad.
• century: I think of one of Francis's 16 th Century forefathers as Holy Roman Emperor Charles V.

Preposition: in

• faith: Do you seriously imagine our forefathers in the faith would have found your version of that faith acceptable?

Preposition: of

• today: The larger of these were the forefathers of today 's English Springer Spaniel.
• literature: Pushkin is widely regarded as Russia's greatest poet and the forefather of modern Russian literature.

Preposition: with

• conscience: First, in thanking God, the Apostle makes the remarkable statement, " Whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience.