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10 letters · 20 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line
originFrom Latin patriarchia, from Byzantine Greek πατριαρχία (patriarkhía), from Koine Greek πατριάρχης (patriárkhēs, “patriarch”), from πατρία (patría) and ἄρχω (árkhō). By surface analysis, patri- + -archy.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- pyrrhic 17
- patriarch 16
- triarchy 16
- chirpy 16
- patchy 16
- pitchy 16
- parritch 15
- phratric 15
- rapacity 15
- charity 15
- cyathia 15
- phratry 15