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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

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
paterfamilias
plural
Patriarchs
possessive
Patriarch's
pluralpossessive
Patriarchs'