See Also: patri-(dictionary)

patri- (iou)



patri- combining form.
[from Latin patr-, pater FATHER noun: see -I-.]
Forming nouns and adjectives, esp. in Anthropology & Sociology, with the sense '(of or pertaining to) social organization defined by male dominance or relationship through the male line'.
patriclan noun a patrilineal clan M20.
patri'lateral adjective (esp. of marriage between cousins) pertaining to or designating a relationship in which a father and one of his siblings or other relatives are both involved as parents M20.
patripo'testal adjective (Sociology) characterized by the exercise of authority in a household by a father E20.