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12 letters · 19 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the jurisdiction of a patriarch
noun a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line
originFrom Middle French patriarcat, from Old French patriarcat, from Medieval Latin patriarchatus, from Ancient Greek πατριάρχης (patriárkhēs, “patriarch”). By surface analysis, patriarch + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, the concrete charge of it, a body of people involved with it).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
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