Patriarchies

noun

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.noun(history) A social system in which the father is head of the household, having authority over women and children, and in which lineage is traced through the male line.

2.nounA power structure in which men are dominant.

3.nounThe office of a patriarch; a patriarchate.

Synonyms

deracination cosmologies denominationalism res publica idealisation moralities matriarchy medievalism westernism clericalism sunnism religio

Rhymes With

matriarchies

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