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English adjective: patriarchal

1. patriarchal characteristic of a form of social organization in which the male is the family head and title is traced through the male line


Similarpatriarchic, patricentric


See alsopaternal


Antonymsmatriarchal

2. patriarchal relating to or characteristic of a man who is older or higher in rank









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