Patriarchal

Adjective

 * 1) Relating to a system run by males, not females.

Related terms

 * patriarch
 * patriarchy

Derived terms

 * patriarchal cross
 * patriarchally

Adverbs for Patriarchal
properly; appropriately; proudly; arrogantly; domineeringly; imperiously; undeniably; uncommonly; incurably; haughtily; tyrannically; immensely; delightfully; amiably; indulgently; unforgettably; venerably; unyieldingly; obviously; obstinately; tenaciously; insistently; jealously; stubbornly.

Thesaurus
aboriginal, absolute, advanced, advanced in life, advanced in years, aged, along in years, ancestorial, ancestral, ancient, antepatriarchal, aristocratic, atavistic, authoritarian, autochthonous, autocratic, autonomous, bureaucratic, civic, civil, constitutional, democratic, despotic, dictatorial, elderly, fascist, fatherlike, fatherly, federal, federalist, federalistic, governmental, grandfatherly, grandmotherly, grandparental, gray, gray with age, gray-haired, gray-headed, grown old, gubernatorial, heteronomous, hoar, hoary, humanoid, maternal, matriarchal, matriarchic, monarchal, monarchial, monarchic, monocratic, mother, motherlike, motherly, official, old, old as Methuselah, oligarchal, oligarchic, parent, parental, parliamentarian, parliamentary, paternal, patriarchic, pluralistic, political, preadamite, preglacial, prehistoric, prehuman, prime, primeval, primitive, primogenial, primoprimitive, primordial, pristine, protohistoric, protohuman, republican, revered, reverend, reverential, self-governing, senectuous, theocratic, totalitarian, venerable, white, white with age, white-bearded, white-crowned, white-haired, wrinkled, wrinkly, years old

Translations

 * Dutch:, aartsvaderlijk
 * Greek: πατριαρχικός
 * Hungarian: patriarchális
 * Italian: patriarcale
 * Manx: ard-ayroil


 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: патријархалан
 * Roman: patrijarhalan
 * Spanish: patriarcal