What does "patriarchate" mean?
Patriarchate: The residence of an ecclesiastic patriarch.
Additional senses
- 2.(Ethnol.) A patriarchal form of government or society. See Patriarchal, a., 3.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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