Uk English Meaning of patriarchal

patriarchal

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Definitions and Meaning of patriarchal in English

Wordnet

patriarchal (a)

characteristic of a form of social organization in which the male is the family head and title is traced through the male line

relating to or characteristic of a man who is older or higher in rank

Webster

patriarchal (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.

Characteristic of a patriarch; venerable.

Having an organization of society and government in which the head of the family exercises authority over all its generations.

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patriarchal

characteristic of a form of social organization in which the male is the family head and title is traced through the male line, relating to or characteristic of

apostolic,canonical,clerical,divine,episcopal,evangelical,evangelical,ministerial,papal,Pastoral

lay,secular,temporal,non-church,non-ecclesiastical,profane,nonclerical,non-denominational,non-sectarian

patriarch => Patriarch, patrial => patriotic, patras => Patras, patrai => Patras, patonce => patonce,