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patriarchal

Today it means: Characteristic of a patriarch; venerable. Full definition →

Late Latin patriarchālis

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Late Latin · derived frompatriarchālis
English todaypatriarchal

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

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