Definition of patriarch

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

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Protonotary :: Protonotary (n.) The chief secretary of the patriarch of Constantinople.
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..
Noah :: Noah (n.) A patriarch of Biblical history, in the time of the Deluge..
Patriarchy :: Patriarchy (n.) Government by a patriarch; patriarchism.
Noachian :: Noachian (a.) Of or pertaining to the patriarch Noah, or to his time..
Hierarchy :: Hierarchy (n.) A form of government administered in the church by patriarchs, metropolitans, archbishops, bishops, and, in an inferior degree, by priests..
Abrahamic :: Abrahamic (a.) Pertaining to Abraham, the patriarch; as, the Abrachamic covenant..
Patriarchal :: Patriarchal (a.) Of or pertaining to a patriarch or to patriarchs; possessed by, or subject to, patriarchs; as, patriarchal authority or jurisdiction; a patriarchal see; a patriarchal church..
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..
Patriarchate :: Patriarchate (n.) The office, dignity, or jurisdiction of a patriarch..
Patriarchship :: Patriarchship (n.) A patriarchate.
Patriarchal :: Patriarchal (a.) Characteristic of a patriarch; venerable.
Metropolitan :: Metropolitan (n.) A bishop whose see is civil metropolis. His rank is intermediate between that of an archbishop and a patriarch.
Patriarchic :: Patriarchic (a.) Patriarchal.
Patriarchdom :: Patriarchdom (n.) The office or jurisdiction of a patriarch; 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..
Patriarchism :: Patriarchism (n.) Government by a patriarch, or the head of a family..
Patriarchate :: Patriarchate (n.) A patriarchal form of government or society. See Patriarchal, a., 3..
Patriciate :: Patriciate (n.) The patrician class; the aristocracy; also, the office of patriarch..
Damianist :: Damianist (n.) A follower of Damian, patriarch of Alexandria in the 6th century, who held heretical opinions on the doctrine of the Holy Trinity..
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