Noah Webster
Patriarchal
PATRIARCH'AL
PA'TRIARCHATE
PATRIARCH'IC, adjective Belonging to patriarchs; possessed by patriarchs; as patriarchal power or jurisdiction; a patriarchal see.
1. Subject to a patriarch; as a patriarchal church.
Patriarchal cross, in heraldry, is that where the shaft is twice crossed, the lower arms being longer than the upper ones.