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PATRIARCHATE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line
Synonyms:
patriarchate; patriarchy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("patriarchate" is a kind of...):
social organisation; social organization; social structure; social system; structure (the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The jurisdiction of a patriarch
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("patriarchate" is a kind of...):
jurisdiction (in law; the territory within which power can be exercised)
