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Definition of patriarchal

Patriarchal
Patriarchal Pa`tri*ar"chal, a. [Cf. F. patriarcal.] 1. Of or pertaining to a patriarch or to patriarchs; possessed by, or subject to, patriarchs; as, patriarchal authority or jurisdiction; a patriarchal see; a patriarchal church. 2. Characteristic of a patriarch; venerable. About whose patriarchal knee Late the little children clung. --Tennyson. 3. (Ethnol.) Having an organization of society and government in which the head of the family exercises authority over all its generations. Patriarchal cross (Her.), a cross, the shaft of which is intersected by two transverse beams, the upper one being the smaller. See Illust. (2) of Cross. Patriarchal dispensation, the divine dispensation under which the patriarchs lived before the law given by Moses.

Meaning of patriarchal from wikipedia

- social structure in which men as a group dominate women and children. Patriarchal ideology acts to explain and justify patriarchy by attributing gender...
- The Patriarchal text, or Patriarchal Text (PT), originally officially published as The New Testament, Approved by the Great Church of Christ (Gr****: Ἡ...
- The Patriarchal cross is a variant of the Christian cross, the religious symbol of Christianity, and is also known as the Cross of Lorraine. Similar to...
- The term patriarchal bargain describes the strategies women employ to gain a greater degree of security and autonomy within the bounds of their ****-based...
- A vicar (/ˈvɪkər/; Latin: vicarius) is a representative, deputy or substitute; anyone acting "in the person of" or agent for a superior (compare "vicarious"...
- The patriarchal age is the era of the three biblical patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, according to the narratives of Genesis 12–50 (these chapters...
- Patriarchalism is a political theory that arose in England in the seventeenth century that defended the concept of absolute power for the monarchy, through...
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- Constantinople (see other names) became the capital of the Roman Empire during the reign of Constantine the Great in 330. Following the collapse of the...
- Peter's Basilica is one of the papal basilicas (previously styled "patriarchal basilicas") and one of the four Major Basilicas of Rome, the other Major...