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Patriarchate   /pˈeɪtriˌɑrkət/   Listen
Patriarchate

noun
1.
The jurisdiction of a patriarch.
2.
A form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line.  Synonym: patriarchy.





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"Patriarchate" Quotes from Famous Books



... under "the most holy pope and patriarch of the great city of Alexandria and of all of the land of Egypt, of Jerusalem, the holy city, of Nubia, Abyssinia, and Pentapolis, and all the preaching of St. Mark." This patriarchate had a hundred bishoprics in the fourth century and included thousands of black Christians. Through it the Cross preceded the Crescent in some of the ...
— The Negro • W.E.B. Du Bois


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