PATRIARCHSHIP
Pa"tri*arch*ship, n.
Defn: A patriarchate. Ayliffe.
PATRIARCHY
Pa"tri*arch`y, n. Etym: [Gr.
1. The jurisdiction of a patriarch; patriarchship. Brerewood.
2. Government by a patriarch; patriarchism.
PATRICIAN Pa*tri"cian, a. Etym: [L. patricius, fr. patres fathers or senators, pl. of pater: cf. F. patricien. See Paternal.]
1. (Rom. Antiq.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the Roman patres (fathers) or senators, or patricians.
2. Of, pertaining to, or appropriate to, a person of high birth;
noble; not plebeian.
Born in the patrician file of society. Sir W. Scott.
His horse's hoofs wet with patrician blood. Addison.
PATRICIAN
Pa*tri"cian, n. Etym: [L. patricius: cf. F. patricien.]