patriarchdom

English

Etymology

From patriarch +‎ -dom.

Noun

patriarchdom (usually uncountable, plural patriarchdoms)

1. The office, jurisdiction, or rule of a patriarch.

Synonyms

• patriarchate

References

• “patriarchdom”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.