Australian English Meaning of patriarchs
patriarchs
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Definitions and Meaning of patriarchs in English
patriarchs
the head of any of various Eastern churches, a Roman Catholic bishop next in rank to the pope with purely titular or with metropolitan (see metropolitan entry 2 sense 1) jurisdiction, one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people, any of various bishops of highest rank and dignity, a man who is head of a patriarchy, a man who is father or founder, a venerable old man, any of the bishops of the ancient or Eastern Orthodox sees of Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem or the ancient and Western see of Rome with authority over other bishops, the father and ruler of a family or tribe, a Mormon of the Melchizedek priesthood empowered to perform the ordinances of the church and pronounce blessings within a stake or prescribed jurisdiction, an old man deserving respect, one of the Old Testament fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people, the oldest member or representative of a group
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patriarchs
the head of any of various Eastern churches, a Roman Catholic bishop next in rank to the pope with purely titular or with metropolitan (see metropolitan entry 2
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patresfamilias => fathers of families, patissier => Patissier, patios => patios, patinas => patinas, patinae => Patina,
