patriarchal
adjective
- attribute of a patriarch
- relating to a patriarchy
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˌpeɪtɹiˈɑɹkl̩/ / /ˌpeɪtɹiˈɑːkl̩/
adj
Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin patriarchālis, from patriarcha + -ālis. Sychronically analyzable as patriarch + -al.
- Characteristic of a patriarch; venerable.
“About whose patriarchal knee / Late the little children clung.”
- Relating to a system run by males, rather than females; relating to a patriarchy.