patriarchal

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Ancient, patriarchal and oracular, Tennyson was not merely the poet laureate of England; he was, like his queen, a symbol of the British Empire.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

The film strings together the stories of several women, some of whom have just been released from prison, as they help each other navigate a restricted existence in a patriarchal reality.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2025

She told BBC Focus on Africa that Gafcon's view was neither theologically nor biblically sound, but more "patriarchal, which is not very useful to the Church".

From BBC • Oct. 3, 2025

She was usually photographed gazing adoringly up at her husband, often while gathering their children around her in a beatific — and patriarchal — tableau.

From Salon • Sep. 24, 2025

In the chemical brightness Milton saw the patriarchal beard, the pale, waxen cheeks, and—most tellingly—the tiny five-foot-four frame.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides