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

Exarch :: Exarch (n.) A viceroy; in Ravenna, the title of the viceroys of the Byzantine emperors; in the Eastern Church, the superior over several monasteries; in the modern Greek Church, a deputy of the patriarch , who visits the clergy, investigates ecclesiastical cases, etc..

Autocephalous :: Autocephalous (a.) Having its own head; independent of episcopal or patriarchal jurisdiction, as certain Greek churches..

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

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..

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

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

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

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..

Patriarchship :: Patriarchship (n.) A patriarchate.

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

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..

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

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

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

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..

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

Teraphim :: Teraphim (n. pl.) Images connected with the magical rites used by those Israelites who added corrupt practices to the patriarchal religion. Teraphim were consulted by the Israelites for oracular answers.

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..

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