1. Noun
The office, dignity, or jurisdiction of a patriarch.
2. Noun
The residence of an ecclesiastic patriarch.
3. Noun
A patriarchal form of government or society. See Patriarchal, a., 3.
4. Noun
a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line
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