pa·tri·arch·ate /ˈpetriˌɑrkət, ˌket/
Patriarch的職權
Pa·tri·ar·chate n.
1. The office, dignity, or jurisdiction of a patriarch.
2. The residence of an ecclesiastic patriarch.
3. Ethnol. A patriarchal form of government or society. See Patriarchal, a., 3.
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patriarchate
n 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 [syn: patriarchy]