Thesaurus: patriarchate

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1. n. The office, dignity, or jurisdiction of a patriarch.
2. n. The residence of an ecclesiastic patriarch.
3. n. A patriarchal form of government or society. See Patriarchal, a., 3.
4. n. the jurisdiction of a patriarch
5. n. a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line
6. 1. The office, dignity, or jurisdiction of a patriarch. Jer. Taylor. 2. The residence of an ecclesiastic patriarch. 3. (Ethnol.) A patriarchal form of government or society. See Patriarchal, a., 3.
7. A patriarchal form of government or society. See Patriarchal,a., 3.
8. n:100 n. the jurisdiction of a patriarch