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patriarchal

English

Alternative forms

  • patriarchial

Etymology

patriarch +? -al

Adjective

patriarchal (comparative more patriarchal, superlative most patriarchal)

  1. Characteristic of a patriarch; venerable.
    • 1855, Alfred Tennyson, Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington
      About whose patriarchal knee / Late the little children clung.
  2. Relating to a system run by males, rather than females.

Synonyms

  • patriarchial
  • patriarchic

Coordinate terms

  • matriarchal

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

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patrifocal

English

Etymology

patri- +? focal

Adjective

patrifocal (comparative more patrifocal, superlative most patrifocal)

  1. patriarchal

Derived terms

  • patrifocality

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