Patriarch
nounid
113195·updated May 18, 2026verified
title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem)
polysemous
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- paterfamilias
- plural
- Patriarchs
- possessive
- Patriarch's
- pluralpossessive
- Patriarchs'
Framework definitions
- §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)
Outgoing relationships
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Incoming relationships
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