Does "fatherly" mean "of the father"? [closed]

adjectives phrase-meaning

According to the SOED this usage is not possible any more as "house" is not a noun customarily modifiable by "fatherly".

(SOED) a. 1 (obsolete) ancestral
                    2 Of or pertaining to a (real or spiritual) father; paternal. Now only of feelings, conduct or character


Most likely the intended meaning of fatherly here is ancestral or ancient, as in

Adieu, now ye mountains, thou fatherly home. (William Howitt, The Student-life of Germany xvi. 316, 1841) [via OED]

The OED marks this meaning as "rare," and I am not surprised that other dictionaries omit it. I can find no examples of this sense of fatherly in COHA or Hansard, only in the sense of being like a father.

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