Associations to the word «Patriarchalism»

Wiktionary

PATRIARCHALISM, noun. The quality of being patriarchal.
PATRIARCHALISM, noun. (historical) (politics) (philosophy) (sometimes uppercase) A political theory which arose in England in the seventeenth century, which emphasized the absolute power of the king as the paternal head of state, viewing his fatherly power as having been inherited genealogically from Adam.

Wise words

When you have spoken the word, it reigns over you. When it is unspoken you reign over it.
Arabian Proverb