Patriarch
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem)
Framework senses
- §1
- a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself
- §2
- any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race
- §3
- the male head of family or tribe
- §4
- title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem)