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Meaning of PATRIARCHY

Pronunciation:  'peytree`ârkee

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 Definition: [n]  a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line
 
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 Synonyms: patriarchate
 
 See Also: social organisation, social organization, social structure, social system, structure

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pa"tri*arch`y\, n. [Gr. ?.]
1. The jurisdiction of a patriarch; patriarchship.
   --Brerewood.
2. Government by a patriarch; patriarchism.
 
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