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Patriarch

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title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem)

polysemous

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Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

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Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
paterfamilias
plural
Patriarchs
possessive
Patriarch's
pluralpossessive
Patriarchs'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary4 sensesview framework →
§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)

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