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Patriciate :: Patriciate (n.) The patrician class; the aristocracy; also, the office of patriarch..

Noachian :: Noachian (a.) Of or pertaining to the patriarch Noah, or to his time..

Metropolitan :: Metropolitan (n.) A bishop whose see is civil metropolis. His rank is intermediate between that of an archbishop and a patriarch.

Patriarchship :: Patriarchship (n.) A patriarchate.

Patriarchism :: Patriarchism (n.) Government by a patriarch, or the head of a family..

Patriarchy :: Patriarchy (n.) The jurisdiction of a patriarch; patriarchship.

Abrahamic :: Abrahamic (a.) Pertaining to Abraham, the patriarch; as, the Abrachamic covenant..

Patriarchic :: Patriarchic (a.) Patriarchal.

Exarch :: Exarch (n.) A viceroy; in Ravenna, the title of the viceroys of the Byzantine emperors; in the Eastern Church, the superior over several monasteries; in the modern Greek Church, a deputy of the patriarch , who visits the clergy, investigates ecclesiastical cases, etc..

Patriarch :: Patriarch (n.) A dignitary superior to the order of archbishops; as, the patriarch of Constantinople, of Alexandria, or of Antioch..

Patriarchate :: Patriarchate (n.) The office, dignity, or jurisdiction of a patriarch..

Abuna :: Abuna (n.) The Patriarch, or head of the Abyssinian Church..

Ancient :: Ancient (n.) An aged man; a patriarch. Hence: A governor; a ruler; a person of influence.

Abba :: Abba (n.) Father; religious superior; -- in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the patriarch..

Patriarchal :: Patriarchal (a.) Of or pertaining to a patriarch or to patriarchs; possessed by, or subject to, patriarchs; as, patriarchal authority or jurisdiction; a patriarchal see; a patriarchal church..

Patriarch :: Patriarch (n.) The father and ruler of a family; one who governs his family or descendants by paternal right; -- usually applied to heads of families in ancient history, especially in Biblical and Jewish history to those who lived before the time of Moses..

Patriarchate :: Patriarchate (n.) A patriarchal form of government or society. See Patriarchal, a., 3..

Patriarchy :: Patriarchy (n.) Government by a patriarch; patriarchism.

Protonotary :: Protonotary (n.) The chief secretary of the patriarch of Constantinople.

Patriarchal :: Patriarchal (a.) Characteristic of a patriarch; venerable.

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