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PATRIARCHAL
patriarchal
(adjective) characteristic of a form of social organization in which the male is the family head and title is traced through the male line
patriarchal
(adjective) relating to or characteristic of a man who is older or higher in rank
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
patriarchal (comparative more patriarchal, superlative most patriarchal)
Characteristic of a patriarch; venerable.
Relating to a system run by males, rather than females.
Synonyms
• patriarchial
• patriarchic
Coordinate terms
• matriarchal
Source: Wiktionary
Pa`tri*ar"chal, a. Etym: [Cf. F. patriarcal.]
1. Of or pertaining to a patriarch or to patriarchs; possessed by, or subject to, patriarchs; as, patriarchal authority or jurisdiction; a patriarchal see; a patriarchal church.
2. Characteristic of a patriarch; venerable. About whose patriarchal knee Late the little children clung. Tennyson.
3. (Ethnol.)
Definition: Having an organization of society and government in which the head of the family exercises authority over all its generations. Patriarchal cross (Her.), a cross, the shaft of which is intersected by two transverse beams, the upper one being the smaller. See Illust. (2) of Cross.
– Patriarchal dispensation, the divine dispensation under which the patriarchs lived before the law given by Moses.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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