Patriarch
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem)
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Senses
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a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself
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any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race
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the male head of family or tribe
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- paterfamilias
- plural
- Patriarchs
- possessive
- Patriarch's
- pluralpossessive
- Patriarchs'