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Patriarch
ˈpeɪtriɑːk
Patriarch definitions
noun
patriarch
patriarchs
- the male head of a family or tribe
- an older man who is powerful within an organization
"Hollywood's reigning patriarch rose to speak"
- the male founder of something
"he's the patriarch of all spin doctors"
- any of those biblical figures regarded as fathers of the human race, especially Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and their forefathers, or the sons of Jacob
- a bishop of one of the most ancient Christian sees (Alexandria, Antioch, Constantinople, Jerusalem, and formerly Rome)
- the head of an autocephalous or independent Orthodox Church
"Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia"
- a Roman Catholic bishop ranking above primates and metropolitans and immediately below the Pope, often the head of a Uniate community
"Patriarch of Venice"