patriarchal

• patriarchial

Borrowed from Late Latin patriarchālis, from patriarcha + -ālis. Sychronically analyzable as patriarch +‎ -al.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌpeɪtɹiˈɑɹkl̩/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌpeɪtɹiˈɑːkl̩/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)kəl

patriarchal (comparative more patriarchal, superlative most patriarchal)

1. Characteristic of a patriarch; venerable.
   • 1852, Alfred Tennyson, Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:

     About whose patriarchal knee / Late the little children clung.

2. Relating to a system run by males, rather than females; relating to a patriarchy.

• patriarchial
• patriarchic

• matriarchal

• patriarchal church