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s | patriarchy |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun patriarchy is

a social system in which the father is head of the household, having authority over women and children.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    patriarchy

    English

    (wikipedia patriarchy)

    Noun

    (patriarchies)
  • A social system in which the father is head of the household, having authority over women and children.
  • A system of government by males.
  • The dominance of men in social or cultural systems.
  • (Christianity) The office of a patriarch; a patriarchate.

    • Derived terms

    *

    Related terms

    * patriarch * patriarchate * patriarchal

    See also

    * matriarchy English words suffixed with -archy