patripotestal
[ pa-truh-poh-tes-tl, pey- ]
adjective
Anthropology. of or relating to the authority exercised by a father or a father's blood relatives.
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How to use patripotestal in a sentence
For our present purpose, all turns on the distinction between the matripotestal and the patripotestal family.
Anthropology | Robert MarettThis is known as the matripotestal, as contrasted with the patripotestal, type of family.
Anthropology | Robert Marett
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