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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..

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..

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hierarchy :: Hierarchy (n.) A form of government administered in the church by patriarchs, metropolitans, archbishops, bishops, and, in an inferior degree, by priests..

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

Patriarchic :: Patriarchic (a.) Patriarchal.

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