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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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..

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..

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

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

Patriarchship :: Patriarchship (n.) A patriarchate.

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

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.) Government by a patriarch; patriarchism.

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