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