: 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
b
: the head of any of various Eastern churches
c
: a Roman Catholic bishop next in rank to the pope with purely titular or with metropolitan (see metropolitanentry 2 sense 1) jurisdiction
3
: a Mormon of the Melchizedek priesthood empowered to perform the ordinances of the church and pronounce blessings within a stake or prescribed jurisdiction
Example Sentences
Our grandfather was the family's patriarch. The tribe's patriarch ruled for 20 years before his death.
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English patriarche, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin patriarcha, from Greek patriarchēs, from patria lineage (from patr-, patēr father) + -archēs -arch — more at father
Mr. Ng 不推薦使用 Google翻譯 ^_^: Translate en To zh-TW Patriarch --------- 族長
0_0: Translations of Patriarch
# n. 家長: the head of the family, guardian of a child, parent of a child, patriarch 閱歷: experience, first hand, patriarch, sophisticate
0_0: Definitions of Patriarch
# noun. - the male head of a family or tribe. - 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).