1. The office, dignity, or jurisdiction of a patriarch. Jer. Taylor.
2. The residence of an ecclesiastic patriarch.
3. (Ethnol.)
Defn: A patriarchal form of government or society. See Patriarchal, a., 3.
PATRIARCHDOM
Pa"tri*arch*dom, n.
Defn: The office or jurisdiction of a patriarch; patriarchate. [R.]
PATRIARCHIC
Pa`tri*ar"chic, a. Etym: [L. patriarchicus, Gr.
Defn: Patriarchal.
PATRIARCHISM
Pa"tri*arch*ism, n.
Defn: Government by a patriarch, or the head of a family.