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,