Get Affordable VMs - excellent virtual server hosting


browse words by letter
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

patriarchymore about patriarchy

patriarchy


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Patriarchy  \Pa"tri*arch`y\,  n.  [Gr.  ?.] 
  1.  The  jurisdiction  of  a  patriarch;  patriarchship. 
  --Brerewood. 
 
  2.  Government  by  a  patriarch;  patriarchism. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  patriarchy 
  n  :  a  form  of  social  organization  in  which  a  male  is  the  family 
  head  and  title  is  traced  through  the  male  line  [syn:  {patriarchate}] 




more about patriarchy