† paterfamiliaradj.
Obsolete. rare.
Of or characteristic of a paterfamilias; paternal; patriarchal.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinship group > family > [adjective] > relating to a family or household > patriarchal
patriarchal1606
paterfamiliar1650
patricentric1939
1650 M. Nedham Case Common-wealth Eng. 6 The Pater-familiar way of Government being insufficient to correct those grand enormities, there was need of some one more potent than the rest.
Derivatives
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinship group > family > [adverb] > as the head of
paterfamiliarly1654
1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iii. viii. 117 They..send for their friends of both sexes, and very pater-familiarly, advice them [etc.].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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adj.1650