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patriarch::noun | Spocien Dictionary

patriarch

noun

/'peɪtri,ɑrk/

the male head of family or tribe

Type	Words
Synonyms	paterfamilias
Type of	man, head of household, adult male
Derivation	patriarchal

patriarch

noun

/'peɪtri,ɑrk/

a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself

Type	Words
Type of	methuselah, graybeard, old man, greybeard
Derivation	patriarchal

patriarch

noun

/'peɪtri,ɑrk/

any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race

Type	Words
Type of	sire, father, forefather
Has types	antediluvian, jacob, simeon, antediluvian patriarch

patriarch

noun

/'peɪtri,ɑrk/

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

Type	Words
Type of	spiritual leader