• (a.) 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. • (a.) Having an organization of society and government in which the head of the family exercises authority over all its generations. • (a.) Characterist... Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/patriarchal/
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. <ethnology> Having an organization o... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20973
Term used to apply to the world since the Matrifocal clans that worshipped Goddesses were supplanted by codified religions that honor all-male deity(s). Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php
Pa`tri·ar'chal adjective [ Confer French 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 ... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/33