patriarchal

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Family: relations in general
anti-family
aunt
auntie
baby daddy
baby mama
family man
father
fatherhood
filial
filially
kinship
kinsman
kinswoman
kith and kin
long-lost
relationship
relative
removed
second cousin
sib

patriarchnoun[C] (RELIGION)

a bishop in certain Eastern Churches: （基督教某些东派教会的）牧首，最高级主教，教长
The patriarch is required to be a Turkish citizen and is elected by the Synod of Metropolitans.

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Religious leaders & officials
anti-papal
apostolic
archbishop
archbishopric
archdeacon
clerically
confessor
curacy
curate
messiah
minister
ministry
muezzin
mullah
priestly
primate
rabbi
rabbinical
the Dalai Lama
the priesthood

patriarch | American Dictionary

patriarch
noun[ C ]
us/ˈpeɪ·triˌɑrk/
a powerful and usually older man in charge of a family, or the male leader of a society in which men hold power

patriarchal

adjectiveus/ˌpeɪ·triˈɑr·kəl/
a patriarchal society