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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Patriarchate

/(pā`trĭ*är"kā̇t)/ · Pa·tri·ar·chate · IPA /ˈpeɪtɹiˌɑɹkət/
01 n. The office, dignity, or jurisdiction of a patriarch.
  1. 1.
    The office, dignity, or jurisdiction of a patriarch.
  2. 2.
    The residence of an ecclesiastic patriarch.
  3. 3.
    A patriarchal form of government or society. See Patriarchal, a., 3.(Ethnol.) See: Patriarchal