Patriarchal

Alternative forms

• patriarchial

Origin

patriarch + -al

Full definition of patriarchal

Adjective

1. Characteristic of a patriarch; venerable.
• TennysonAbout whose patriarchal knee
  Late the little children clung.
2. Relating to a system run by males, rather than females.

Related terms

• patriarch
• patriarchy

Derived terms

• patriarchal cross
• patriarchally
• patriarchalism