单词 | patriarchic |
释义 | patriarchicadj. Patriarchal. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > rule or government of family or tribe > [adjective] > patriarchal patriarchical1643 patriarchal1706 patriarchic1776 patripotestal1906 1776 J. Bryant New Syst. III. 47 The term of Nimrod's life, extend it to the utmost of Patriarchic age.., could not have sufficed for this. 1860 United Services Mag. June 266 The patriarchic belief that the more valuable the sacrifice the more acceptable it would be to the deity. 1921 Econ. Jrnl. 31 393 The patriarchic family, emancipated from the clan, is economically independent. 1972 D. Dakin Unification of Greece xii. 166 Their partialities for the patriarchic or exarchic Churches. 1996 19th-cent. Lit. 51 410 A nostalgic appeal for a restoration of patriarchic ethical virtue. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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