Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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patriarchal | No | Yes | No | No |
patriarch | Yes | No | No | No |
patriarchal (noun) | patriarch (noun) |
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the male head of family or tribe | |
any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race | |
title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem) | |
a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself |
patriarchal (adjective) | patriarch (adjective) |
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characteristic of a form of social organization in which the male is the family head and title is traced through the male line | |
relating to or characteristic of a man who is older or higher in rank |