| PATRIALISING | • PATRIALISE v. to make patrial, one with a legal right to enter and stay in the UK, also PATRIALIZE. |
| PATRIALITIES | • PATRIALITY n. the condition of being a patrial. |
| PATRIALIZING | • PATRIALIZE v. to make patrial, one with a legal right to enter and stay in the UK, also PATRIALISE. |
| PATRIARCHATE | • patriarchate n. (Christianity) The term of office of a Christian patriarch. • patriarchate n. The office or ecclesial jurisdiction of such a patriarch. • patriarchate n. The office-space occupied by a patriarch and his staff. |
| PATRIARCHIES | • patriarchies n. Plural of patriarchy. • PATRIARCHY n. the jurisdiction of a patriarch. |
| PATRIARCHISM | • patriarchism n. Government by a patriarch. • PATRIARCHISM n. government by a patriarch. |
| PATRICLINOUS | • patriclinous adj. Alternative form of patroclinous. • PATRICLINOUS adj. descending in the paternal line. |
| PATRILINEAGE | • patrilineage n. Lineage based upon the paternal line; a group of descendants related through a common male lineage. • PATRILINEAGE n. descent through the male line. |
| PATRILOCALLY | • patrilocally adv. In a patrilocal fashion. • PATRILOCAL adv. designating a form of marriage in which the wife goes to live with the husband's group. |
| PATRISTICISM | • patristicism n. The mode of thought of the fathers of the early Christian church. • PATRISTICISM n. the mode of thought, etc., of the fathers of the Christian church. |
| PATROCLINIES | • PATROCLINY n. the inheritance of traits primarily from the father. |
| PATROCLINOUS | • patroclinous adj. Having traits mostly inherited from the male parent. • PATROCLINOUS adj. of animals and plants, showing the characters of the male parent, also PATRICLINIC, PATROCLINAL. |
| PATROLOGICAL | • patrological adj. (Religion) Relating to patrology. • PATROLOGICAL adj. related to patrology. |
| PATROLOGISTS | • patrologists n. Plural of patrologist. • PATROLOGIST n. one who practises patrology, the study of early Christianity. |
| PATROONSHIPS | • patroonships n. Plural of patroonship. • PATROONSHIP n. the office of patroon, a ship's captain; a holder of a grant of land from the Dutch governor of New York. |