单词 | patriarchical |
释义 | patriarchicaladj.ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > patriarch > [adjective] patriarchalc1450 patriarchical1606 patriarched1632 1606 J. Dove Def. Church Govt. 23 In that Councel, were prouincial, Diocesan, and patriarchicall Bishops. 1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa i. iii. 84 It was establish'd, that in every Patriarchical Church in Rome, there should be two Priests. 1896 Catholic World Oct. 70 He [sc. the patriarch Anthimus] addresses his letter ‘to the entire pious and orthodox community of the Most Holy Apostolic and Patriarchical Throne of Constantinople’. 2. Relating to a patriarchy; = patriarchal adj. 4a. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > rule or government of family or tribe > [adjective] > patriarchal patriarchical1643 patriarchal1706 patriarchic1776 patripotestal1906 1643 W. Prynne Soveraigne Power Parl. iii. 116 Whose government was at first Paternall and Patriarchicall. 1706 D. Defoe Jure Divino ix. 6 He could not be a Patriarchical Prince, over such a Multitude of People as swarm'd thither. 1859 J. Quincy Mem. Life John Quincy Adams 339 The Chinese recognize no such law. Their internal government is a hereditary patriarchical despotism. 1891 New Englander (New Haven, Connecticut) 55 212 The ancient, or patriarchical form proved inadequate, as the earth became peopled. 1931 Pacific Affairs 4 1063 Socially and economically they were literally being jerked out of their village and patriarchical relationships. 2002 New Internationalist May 21/2 Muslim societies remain excessively patriarchical and rigid. 3. a. Relating to or resembling the biblical patriarchs: = patriarchal adj. 2, 3. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > old person > old man > [adjective] fatherly1548 patriarchical1645 patriarchal1732 old gentlemanly1819 old-mannish1865 madala1980 1645 J. Bastwick 2nd Pt. Independency not God's Ordinance 57 The Puritans.. usually went in a great Patriarchicall beards [sic]. 1659 J. Gauden Ἱερα Δακρυα iv. xvii. 519 The Patriarchicall Tradition and Practise before the Law of Moses. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 56 His Meen was Patriarchical. 1797 R. Tyler Algerine Captive II. iv. 33 Their great resemblance to the patriarchical manners, described in holy writ. 1852 Harper's Mag. Jan. 263/2 Herodotus..praises their arrangement (which was probably the same with, or derived from, that of the Patriarchical times). 1914 Times 14 May 7/6 All ages are represented in the life of Teheran and all types of civilization, from the patriarchical and early Biblical to the era of the wheezy motor. 1972 ELH 39 263 Witness Clarissa's repeated references to her father in Biblical, patriarchical language. b. = patriarchal adj. 4b. Frequently with pejorative connotation. ΚΠ 1965 Social Forces 44 25/2 Men may fear feminist wives, while women may fear patriarchical husbands. 1980 Sojourner (Nexis) 30 June 12 Women writers were shaped..by the oppressive weight of patriarchical literary tradition. 1994 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 23 June 58/2 Her attempt to identify cadential closure in Western music with patriarchical domination in Western society is too facile. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1606 |
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