Definitions from Wiktionary (patriarch)
▸ noun: (Christianity) The highest form of bishop, in the ancient world having authority over other bishops in the province but now generally as an honorary title; in Roman Catholicism, considered a bishop second only to the Pope in rank.
▸ noun: In Biblical contexts, a male leader of a family, tribe or ethnic group, especially one of the twelve sons of Jacob (considered to have created the twelve tribes of Israel) or (in plural) Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
▸ noun: A founder of a political or religious movement, an organization or an enterprise.
▸ noun: An old leader of a village or community.
▸ noun: The male progenitor of a genetic or tribal line, or of a clan or extended family.
▸ noun: The male head of a household or nuclear family.
sixth patriarch,
Ecumenical Patriarch,
antediluvian patriarch,
patriarch and patriarchate,
patriarch of rome,
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▸ noun: (Christianity) The highest form of bishop, in the ancient world having authority over other bishops in the province but now generally as an honorary title; in Roman Catholicism, considered a bishop second only to the Pope in rank.
▸ noun: In Biblical contexts, a male leader of a family, tribe or ethnic group, especially one of the twelve sons of Jacob (considered to have created the twelve tribes of Israel) or (in plural) Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
▸ noun: A founder of a political or religious movement, an organization or an enterprise.
▸ noun: An old leader of a village or community.
▸ noun: The male progenitor of a genetic or tribal line, or of a clan or extended family.
▸ noun: The male head of a household or nuclear family.
Similar:
paterfamilias,
head of household,
graybeard,
patriarchate,
catholicos,
patriarchy,
pope,
episcopant,
katholikos,
pontiff,
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