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*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_Century 1632]
==Definitions==
*1 : [[social]] [[organization]] marked by the supremacy of the [[father]] in the [[clan]] or [[family]], the legal dependence of [[wives]] and [[children]], and the reckoning of descent and inheritance in the [[male]] line; broadly : [[control]] by men of a disproportionately large share of power
*2 : a [[society]] or [[institution]] organized according to the principles or [[practices]] of patriarchy..d
==Description==
'''Patriarchy''' is a [[social]] [[system]] in which the [[father]] or eldest [[male]] is head of the household, having [[authority]] over [[women]] and [[children]]. Patriarchy also refers to a [[system]] of [[government]] by males, and to the [[dominance]] of men in social or cultural systems. It may also include title being traced through the male line.
The term patriarch means the [[father]] or chief of a [[clan]]. It is also used in [[Christianity]] as an official title, and derives from the [[Greek]] patriárchēs (πατριάρχης) via the [[Latin]] patriarcha.
“[[Names]] of [[Christian]] dignitaries were in early days taken sometimes from civil life (episkopos, diakonos), sometimes borrowed from the Jews (presbyteros). The name patriarch is one of the latter class. Bishops of special [[dignity]] were called patriarchs just as deacons were called levites, because their place corresponded by [[analogy]] to those in the Old Law. All such titles became official titles, only [[gradually]]. At first they were used loosely as names of honour without any strict connotation; but in all such cases the [[reality]] existed before any special name was used.”
A patriarch is one of the scriptural [[fathers]] of the [[Hebrew]] people, a man who is [[father]] or founder, or a man who is head of a patriarchy. The official title of Patriarch refers to any of the ancient or Eastern Orthodox Sees of [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantinople Constantinople], Alexandria, Antioch and [[Jerusalem]], or of the ancient and Western Sees of [[Rome]] with authority over other bishops. It also refers to the head of any of various eastern churches or a Roman Catholic bishop. Finally, it could refer to a Mormon of the [[Melchizedek]] priesthood.
A patriarchate is the jurisdiction of a patriarch.
Within [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminist_theory feminist theory], patriarchy refers to the [[structure]] of modern cultural and [[political]] systems, which are ruled by men. Such systems are said to be detrimental to the rights of [[women]]. However, it has been noted that patriarchal systems of [[government]] do not benefit all men of all classes.
While the term patriarchy generally refers to [[institutions]], the term is sometimes used less effectively in describing societal [[attitudes]]. It has been argued, "institutions are very persistent and may last, with little [[change]], into a period in which attitudes have altered considerably since the institutions were devised." Gordon Rattray Taylor used the words "patrist" and "matrist" to describe attitudes (as opposed to institutions), and noted that the outlook of the [[dominant]] [[social]] [[group]] seems to swing between the two extremes. However, the patrist assertion that the patriarchal system of [[authority]] was the [[original]] and [[universal]] system of social [[organization]], invariably leads to the [[establishment]] of corresponding [[institutions]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriarchy]
[[Category: Sociology]]
*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_Century 1632]
==Definitions==
*1 : [[social]] [[organization]] marked by the supremacy of the [[father]] in the [[clan]] or [[family]], the legal dependence of [[wives]] and [[children]], and the reckoning of descent and inheritance in the [[male]] line; broadly : [[control]] by men of a disproportionately large share of power
*2 : a [[society]] or [[institution]] organized according to the principles or [[practices]] of patriarchy..d
==Description==
'''Patriarchy''' is a [[social]] [[system]] in which the [[father]] or eldest [[male]] is head of the household, having [[authority]] over [[women]] and [[children]]. Patriarchy also refers to a [[system]] of [[government]] by males, and to the [[dominance]] of men in social or cultural systems. It may also include title being traced through the male line.
The term patriarch means the [[father]] or chief of a [[clan]]. It is also used in [[Christianity]] as an official title, and derives from the [[Greek]] patriárchēs (πατριάρχης) via the [[Latin]] patriarcha.
“[[Names]] of [[Christian]] dignitaries were in early days taken sometimes from civil life (episkopos, diakonos), sometimes borrowed from the Jews (presbyteros). The name patriarch is one of the latter class. Bishops of special [[dignity]] were called patriarchs just as deacons were called levites, because their place corresponded by [[analogy]] to those in the Old Law. All such titles became official titles, only [[gradually]]. At first they were used loosely as names of honour without any strict connotation; but in all such cases the [[reality]] existed before any special name was used.”
A patriarch is one of the scriptural [[fathers]] of the [[Hebrew]] people, a man who is [[father]] or founder, or a man who is head of a patriarchy. The official title of Patriarch refers to any of the ancient or Eastern Orthodox Sees of [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantinople Constantinople], Alexandria, Antioch and [[Jerusalem]], or of the ancient and Western Sees of [[Rome]] with authority over other bishops. It also refers to the head of any of various eastern churches or a Roman Catholic bishop. Finally, it could refer to a Mormon of the [[Melchizedek]] priesthood.
A patriarchate is the jurisdiction of a patriarch.
Within [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminist_theory feminist theory], patriarchy refers to the [[structure]] of modern cultural and [[political]] systems, which are ruled by men. Such systems are said to be detrimental to the rights of [[women]]. However, it has been noted that patriarchal systems of [[government]] do not benefit all men of all classes.
While the term patriarchy generally refers to [[institutions]], the term is sometimes used less effectively in describing societal [[attitudes]]. It has been argued, "institutions are very persistent and may last, with little [[change]], into a period in which attitudes have altered considerably since the institutions were devised." Gordon Rattray Taylor used the words "patrist" and "matrist" to describe attitudes (as opposed to institutions), and noted that the outlook of the [[dominant]] [[social]] [[group]] seems to swing between the two extremes. However, the patrist assertion that the patriarchal system of [[authority]] was the [[original]] and [[universal]] system of social [[organization]], invariably leads to the [[establishment]] of corresponding [[institutions]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriarchy]
[[Category: Sociology]]
