PATRIARCHATE


Meaning of PATRIARCHATE in English

/pay"tree ahr'kit, -kayt/ , n.

1. the office, dignity, jurisdiction, province, or residence of an ecclesiastical patriarch.

2. a patriarchy.

[ 1610-20; patriarchatus, equiv. to LL patriarch ( a ) (see PATRIARCH) + L -atus -ATE 3 ]

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