patriarchal

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Adjective

patriarchal

1. Characteristic of a patriarch; venerable.
   • 1855, Alfred Tennyson, Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington

     About whose patriarchal knee / Late the little children clung.

2. Relating to a system run by males, rather than females.

Synonyms

• patriarchial
• patriarchic

Translations

• French: patriarcal

Translations

• French: patriarcal
• German: patriarchal, patriarchalisch, patriarchisch
• Italian: patriarcale
• Portuguese: patriarcal
• Russian: патриарха́льный
• Spanish: patriarcal

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