| NOUN | person | patriarch | title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem) |
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| person | patriarch, paterfamilias | the male head of family or tribe / tribe | |
| person | patriarch | any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race | |
| person | patriarch | a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself |
| Sounds | pey'triyaa.rk | |
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| Rhymes | aardvark ... watermark: 41 rhymes with aark... | |
| Meaning | title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem). | |
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| Instances | Nestorius | Syrian who was a Christian bishop and Patriarch of Constantinople in the early fifth century |
| Photius | Patriarch of Constantinople and saint of the Greek Orthodox Church | |
| Broader | spiritual leader | A leader in religious or sacred affairs |
| Spanish | patriarca | |
| Catalan | patriarca | |
| Meaning | The male head of family or tribe / tribe. | |
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| Synonym | paterfamilias | |
| Broader | head of household | The head of a household or family or tribe |
| man, adult male | An adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman) | |
| Spanish | jefe de familia, paterfamilias, patriarca | |
| Catalan | paterfamilias, patriarca | |
| Adjectives | patriarchal | characteristic of a form of social organization in which the male is the family head and title is traced through the male line |
| Meaning | Any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race. | |
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| Instances | Abraham, Ibrahim | The first of the Old Testament patriarchs and the father of Isaac |
| Benjamin | (Old Testament) the youngest and best-loved son of Jacob and Rachel and one of the twelve forebears of the tribes of Israel | |
| Isaac | (Old Testament) the second patriarch | |
| Ishmael | (Old Testament) the son of Abraham who was cast out after the birth of Isaac | |
| Issachar | (Old Testament) a son of Jacob and a forebear of one of the tribes of Israel | |
| Joseph | (Old Testament) the 11th son of Jacob and one of the 12 patriarchs of Israel | |
| Judah | (Old Testament) the fourth son of Jacob who was forebear of one of the tribes of Israel | |
| Methuselah | (Old Testament) a patriarch (grandfather of Noah) who is said to have lived 969 years | |
| Noah | The Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain | |
| Reuben | (Old Testment) a son of Jacob and forefather of one of the tribes of Israel | |
| Narrower | Jacob | (Old Testament) son of Isaac |
| Simeon | (Old Testament) the 2nd son of Jacob and one of the 12 patriarchs of Israel | |
| antediluvian, antediluvian patriarch | Any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge | |
| Broader | forefather, father, sire | The founder of a family |
| Spanish | patriarca | |
| Catalan | patriarca | |
| Meaning | A man who is older and higher in rank than yourself. | |
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| Broader | old man, greybeard, graybeard, Methuselah | A man who is very old |
| Spanish | patriarca | |
| Catalan | patriarca | |
| Adjectives | patriarchal | relating to or characteristic of a man who is older or higher in rank |
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