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

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.

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

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..

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

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

Patriarchship :: Patriarchship (n.) A 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..

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

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

Patriarch :: Patriarch (n.) A dignitary superior to the order of archbishops; as, the patriarch of Constantinople, of Alexandria, or of Antioch..

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..

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..

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

Patriarchal :: Patriarchal (a.) Of or pertaining to a patriarch or to patriarchs; possessed by, or subject to, patriarchs; as, patriarchal authority or jurisdiction; a patriarchal see; a patriarchal church..

Patriarchic :: Patriarchic (a.) Patriarchal.

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

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

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..

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