What does "patriarchal" mean?

Characteristic of a patriarch; venerable.

What is a synonym for "patriarchal"?

Common synonyms include: aboriginal, absolute, advanced, advanced in life, advanced in years, aged.

Pronounced //ˌpeɪtɹiˈɑɹkl̩//.

/ˌpeɪtɹiˈɑɹkl̩/ adj

adj ·Moderate ·High school level

Adjective

1
Characteristic of a patriarch; venerable.
"About whose patriarchal knee / Late the little children clung."
2
Relating to a system run by males, rather than females; relating to a patriarchy.

Adjective

1
characteristic of a form of social organization in which the male is the family head and title is traced through the male line wordnet
2
relating to or characteristic of a man who is older or higher in rank wordnet

"Tom believes in a patriarchal society."

Borrowed from Late Latin patriarchālis, from patriarcha + -ālis. Sychronically analyzable as patriarch + -al.