Vocabulary : Patois to Patriarchism
Patois : A dialect peculiar to the illiterate classes; a provincial form of speech.Patolli : An American Indian game analogous to dice, probably originally a method of divination.
Patonce : Having the arms growing broader and floriated toward the end; -- said of a cross. See Illust. 9 of Cross.
Patrial : Derived from the name of a country, and designating an inhabitant of the country; gentile; -- said of a noun. ;; A patrial noun. Thus Romanus, a Roman, and Troas, a woman of Troy, are patrial nouns, or patrials.
Patriarch : The father and ruler of a family; one who governs his family or descendants by paternal right; -- usually applied to heads of families in ancient history, especially in Biblical and Jewish history to those who lived before the time of Moses. ;; A dignitary superior to the order of archbishops; as, the patriarch of Constantinople, of Alexandria, or of Antioch. ;; A venerable old man; an elder. Also used figuratively.
