Patriarchate

//ˈpeɪtɹiɑːkət// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A patriarchal system or community.

    "The rise of the patriarchate saw the overpowering of the female goddess by the male god. The moon-god gave place to the sun-god. The tables were turned with a vengeance. Not only was the male granted a share in the phenomenon of generation; he was given the main share."

  2. 2
    a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line wordnet
  3. 3
    The term of office of a Christian patriarch.

    "The patriarchate of Pope John Paul II as Patriarch of the West was more than 25 years."

  4. 4
    the jurisdiction of a patriarch wordnet
  5. 5
    The office or ecclesial jurisdiction of such a patriarch.

    "The Patriarchate of Constantinople has primacy over the whole of the Orthodox world."

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  1. 6
    The office-space occupied by a patriarch and his staff.

    "The Latin patriarchate in Jerusalem is, by modern standards, a very cramped space."

Etymology

From 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).

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