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patriarchate

DEFINITIONS OF: patriarchate

1

n the jurisdiction of a patriarch

Type of:
jurisdiction
in law; the territory within which power can be exercised

n a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line

Synonyms:
patriarchy
Type of:
social organisation, social organization, social structure, social system, structure
the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships
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