patripotestal

[ pa-truh-poh-tes-tl, pey- ]

adjective

1. Anthropology. of or relating to the authority exercised by a father or a father's blood relatives.

Word History and Origins

Origin of patripotestal¹

1905–10; patri- + potestal ( def )

Example Sentences

For our present purpose, all turns on the distinction between the matripotestal and the patripotestal family.

From Project Gutenberg

This is known as the matripotestal, as contrasted with the patripotestal, type of family.

From Project Gutenberg