† genarchan.
Obsolete. rare.
The founder of a family or race.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinship group > family > [noun] > family or household > founder of a family or race
genarcha1649
1649 A. Ascham Bounds Publique Obed. 17 We all derive from him, as from a Genarcha.
1650 N. Ward Discolliminium 31 It is enough to prove they were our Political Parents, which the whole series of our English Chronicles make good, from a Genarcha.
Derivatives
geˈnarchaship n. headship of a family or people.
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society > authority > rule or government > rule or government of family or tribe > head of family, tribe, or clan > [noun] > position of
patriarchship1619
genarchaship1650
patriarchate1653
chieftainry1747
chieftainship1771
chieftaincy1817
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinship group > family > [noun] > family or household > head of household
patriarchc1200
householdera1382
paterfamiliasc1475
houseman1537
housefather1562
familist1612
genarchaship1650
family head1738
Roman father1739
père de famille1820
patron1863
mamak1884
1650 Reply to Dr. Sanderson 3 First it provides not for Peoples obeying a Capitall family in Genarchaship.
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