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Word Meanings - PATRIARCHISM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Government by a patriarch, or the head of a family.

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  • FAMILY
    A groupe of organisms, either animal or vegetable, related by certain points of resemblance in structure or development, more comprehensive than a genus, because it is usually based on fewer or less pronounced points of likeness. In zoölogy
  • PATRIARCHATE
    A patriarchal form of government or society. See Patriarchal, a., 3. (more info) 1. The office, dignity, or jurisdiction of a patriarch. Jer. Taylor. 2. The residence of an ecclesiastic patriarch.
  • PATRIARCHISM
    Government by a patriarch, or the head of a family.
  • PATRIARCHY
    1. The jurisdiction of a patriarch; patriarchship. Brerewood. 2. Government by a patriarch; patriarchism.
  • GOVERNMENTAL
    Pertaining to government; made by government; as, governmental duties.
  • PATRIARCHSHIP
    A patriarchate. Ayliffe.
  • GOVERNMENT
    The influence of a word in regard to construction, requiring that another word should be in a particular case. (more info) 1. The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil,
  • PATRIARCHDOM
    The office or jurisdiction of a patriarch; patriarchate.
  • PATRIARCHIC
    Patriarchal.
  • PATRIARCHAL
    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.
  • PATRIARCH
    A dignitary superior to the order of archbishops; as, the patriarch of Constantinople, of Alexandria, or of Antioch. 3. A venerable old man; an elder. Also used figuratively. The patriarch hoary, the sage of his kith and the hamlet. Longfellow.
  • MISGOVERNMENT
    Bad government; want of government. Shak.
  • SUBFAMILY
    One of the subdivisions, of more importance than genus, into which certain families are divided.
  • SUPERFAMILY
    A group intermediate between a family and a suborder.
  • SELF-GOVERNMENT
    1. The act of governing one's self, or the state of being governed by one's self; self-control; self-command. 2. Hence, government of a community, state, or nation by the joint action of the mass of people constituting such a civil body; also,

 

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