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Definition of Patriarchal

1. Adjective. Characteristic of a form of social organization in which the male is the family head and title is traced through the male line.

2. Adjective. Relating to or characteristic of a man who is older or higher in rank.

Definition of Patriarchal

1. a. 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.

Definition of Patriarchal

1. Adjective. Relating to a system run by males, rather than females. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Patriarchal

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Patriarchal

1. 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. Having an organization of society and government in which the head of the family exercises authority over all its generations. Patriarchal cross, a cross, the shaft of which is intersected by two transverse beams, the upper one being the smaller. Patriarchal dispensation, the divine dispensation under which the patriarchs lived before the law given by Moses. Origin: Cf. F. Patriarcal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Patriarchal

patonce patoot patootie patooties patooty patr- patresfamilias patress patresses patri-

patria potestas patrial patriality patrials patriarch patriarchal (current term) patriarchal cross patriarchalism patriarchally patriarchate

patriarchates patriarchdom patriarchdoms patriarchial patriarchic patriarchically patriarchies patriarchism patriarchisms patriarchs

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