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Patriarchship :: Patriarchship (n.) A patriarchate.

Patriarchic :: Patriarchic (a.) Patriarchal.

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

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..

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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..

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..

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

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..

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