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Patriarchate :: Patriarchate (n.) A patriarchal form of government or society. See Patriarchal, a., 3..

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

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

Patriarch :: 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..

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.

Nestorian :: Nestorian (n.) An adherent of Nestorius, patriarch of Constantinople to the fifth century, who has condemned as a heretic for maintaining that the divine and the human natures were not merged into one nature in Christ (who was God in man), and, hence, that it was improper to call Mary the mother of Christ; also, one of the sect established by the followers of Nestorius in Persia, india, and other Oriental countries, and still in existence. opposed to Eutychian..

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

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

Metropolitan :: Metropolitan (n.) A bishop whose see is civil metropolis. His rank is intermediate between that of an archbishop and a patriarch.

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

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

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

Noachian :: Noachian (a.) Of or pertaining to the patriarch Noah, or to his time..

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..

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

Protonotary :: Protonotary (n.) The chief secretary of the patriarch of Constantinople.

Patriarchism :: Patriarchism (n.) Government by a patriarch, or the head of a family..

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

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

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