Associations to the word «Patriarchate»

Wiktionary

PATRIARCHATE, noun. (Christianity) The term of office of a Christian patriarch.
PATRIARCHATE, noun. The office or ecclesial jurisdiction of such a patriarch.
PATRIARCHATE, noun. The office-space occupied by a patriarch and his staff.

Dictionary definition

PATRIARCHATE, noun. The jurisdiction of a patriarch.
PATRIARCHATE, noun. A form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line.

Wise words

More wisdom is latent in things as they are than in all the words men use.
Antoine De Saint-Exupery