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patripotestal

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

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adjective

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

Origin of patripotestal

1905–10; patri- + potestal

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for patripotestal

Historical Examples of patripotestal

This is known as the matripotestal, as contrasted with the patripotestal, type of family.
Anthropology
Robert Marett
For our present purpose, all turns on the distinction between the matripotestal and the patripotestal family.
Anthropology
Robert Marett