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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..

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

Patriarchal :: Patriarchal (a.) Having an organization of society and government in which the head of the family exercises authority over all its generations.

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.

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..

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

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..

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

Patriarchic :: Patriarchic (a.) Patriarchal.

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

Patriarchship :: Patriarchship (n.) A patriarchate.

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..

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

Patriarchate :: Patriarchate (n.) The office, dignity, or jurisdiction of a patriarch..

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.

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

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

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

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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