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Definition of patriarch

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Patriarch (n.) 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..

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Patriarchy :: Patriarchy (n.) The jurisdiction of a patriarch; patriarchship.

Abuna :: Abuna (n.) The Patriarch, or head of the Abyssinian Church..

Patriarchy :: Patriarchy (n.) Government by a patriarch; patriarchism.

Patriarchship :: Patriarchship (n.) A patriarchate.

Abba :: Abba (n.) Father; religious superior; -- in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the patriarch..

Ancient :: Ancient (n.) An aged man; a patriarch. Hence: A governor; a ruler; a person of influence.

Patriciate :: Patriciate (n.) The patrician class; the aristocracy; also, the office of patriarch..

Eudoxian :: Eudoxian (n.) A follower of Eudoxius, patriarch of Antioch and Constantinople in the 4th century, and a celebrated defender of the doctrines of Arius..

Hierarchy :: Hierarchy (n.) A form of government administered in the church by patriarchs, metropolitans, archbishops, bishops, and, in an inferior degree, by priests..

Patriarchal :: Patriarchal (a.) Characteristic of a patriarch; venerable.

Abrahamic :: Abrahamic (a.) Pertaining to Abraham, the patriarch; as, the Abrachamic covenant..

Patriarch :: Patriarch (n.) A dignitary superior to the order of archbishops; as, the patriarch of Constantinople, of Alexandria, or of Antioch..

Patriarchate :: Patriarchate (n.) The residence of an ecclesiastic patriarch.

Ical :: ical (a.) Relating to the patriarch Abraham.

Patriarchdom :: Patriarchdom (n.) The office or jurisdiction of a patriarch; patriarchate.

Noah :: Noah (n.) A patriarch of Biblical history, in the time of the Deluge..

Catholicos :: Catholicos (n.) The spiritual head of the Armenian church, who resides at Etchmiadzin, Russia, and has ecclesiastical jurisdiction over, and consecrates the holy oil for, the Armenians of Russia, Turkey, and Persia, including the Patriarchs of Constantinople, Jerusalem, and Sis..

Jacob :: "Jacob (n.) A Hebrew patriarch (son of Isaac, and ancestor of the Jews), who in a vision saw a ladder reaching up to heaven (Gen. xxviii. 12); -- also called Israel..

Dispensation :: Dispensation (n.) A system of principles, promises, and rules ordained and administered; scheme; economy; as, the Patriarchal, Mosaic, and Christian dispensations..

Patriarch :: Patriarch (n.) A venerable old man; an elder. Also used figuratively.