Word Meanings - PATRIARCHSHIP - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A patriarchate. Ayliffe.
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- 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.