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noun
- 1. the male head of a family or tribe.
- 2. 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.
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PATRIARCH definition: 1. a powerful man in a family: 2. the male leader of a society in which power passes from father…. Learn more.
The meaning of PATRIARCH is one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people. How to use patriarch in a sentence.
noun. the male head of a family or tribal line. a person regarded as the father or founder of an order, class, etc. any of the very early Biblical personages regarded as the fathers of the human race, comprising those from Adam to Noah antediluvian patriarchs and those between the Deluge and the birth of Abraham.
Although the noun patriarch specifically refers to a male head of the family, it can more generally refer to any older, respected male. In terms of the Old Testament, patriarch refers to the men considered to be the fathers of the human race, including Jacob and Isaac.
The Patriarch of Grado – in 1451 merged with the Bishopric of Castello and Venice to form the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Venice (later a residential Patriarchate itself). The Patriarch of the West Indies – a titular patriarchal see, vacant since 1963. The Latin Patriarch of Antioch – title abolished in 1964.
(ˈpeɪtrɪˌɑːk ) noun. 1. the male head of a tribe or family. Compare matriarch (sense 2) 2. a very old or venerable man. 3. Old Testament. any of a number of persons regarded as the fathers of the human race, divided into the antediluvian patriarchs, from Adam to Noah, and the postdiluvian, from Noah to Abraham. 4. Old Testament.
an old man that people have a lot of respect for. Patriarch. the title of a most senior bishop (= a senior priest) in the Orthodox or Roman Catholic Church. the Patriarch of Constantinople. the Orthodox Patriarch. Word Origin.
1. A man who rules a family, clan, or tribe. 2. Bible. a. One of the antediluvian progenitors of the human race, from Adam to Noah. b. Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, or any of Jacob's 12 sons, the eponymous progenitors of the 12 tribes of Israel. 3. Used formerly as a title for the bishops of Rome, Constantinople, Jerusalem, Antioch, and Alexandria. 4.
Patriarch Definition. A man who rules a family, clan, or tribe. One of the antediluvian progenitors of the human race, from Adam to Noah. The father and ruler of a family or tribe, as one of the founders of the ancient Hebrew families: in the Bible, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Jacob's twelve sons were patriarchs.
1. : social organization marked by the supremacy of the father in the clan or family, the legal dependence of wives and children, and the reckoning of descent and inheritance in the male line.
