ALL meanings of patriarch
pa·tri·arch
P p - noun patriarch the male head of a family or tribal line. 1
- noun patriarch a person regarded as the father or founder of an order, class, etc. 1
- noun patriarch 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. 1
- noun patriarch any of the three great progenitors of the Israelites: Abraham, Isaac, or Jacob. 1
- noun patriarch any of the sons of Jacob ((the twelve patriarchs),) from whom the tribes of Israel were descended. 1
- noun patriarch (in the early Christian church) any of the bishops of any of the ancient sees of Alexandria, Antioch, Constantinople, Jerusalem, or Rome having authority over other bishops. 1
- noun patriarch Greek Orthodox Church. the head of any of the ancient sees of Alexandria, Antioch, Constantinople, or Jerusalem, and sometimes including other sees of chief cities. Compare ecumenical patriarch. 1
- noun patriarch the head of certain other churches in the East, as the Coptic, Nestorian, and Armenian churches, that are not in full communication with the ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople. 1
- noun patriarch Roman Catholic Church. the pope as patriarch of the West. any of certain bishops of the Eastern rites, as a head of an Eastern rite or a bishop of one of the ancient sees. the head of a Uniate church. 1
- noun patriarch Mormon Church. any of the high dignitaries who pronounce the blessing of the church; Evangelist. 1
- noun patriarch one of the elders or leading older members of a community. 1
- noun patriarch a venerable old man. 1
- noun patriarch male head of family 1
- noun patriarch father figure 1
- countable noun patriarch A patriarch is the male head of a family or tribe. 0
- countable noun patriarch A patriarch is the head of one of a number of Eastern Christian Churches. 0
- noun patriarch the male head of a tribe or family 0
- noun patriarch a very old or venerable man 0
- noun patriarch 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 0
- noun patriarch any of the three ancestors of the Hebrew people: Abraham, Isaac, or Jacob 0
- noun patriarch any of Jacob's twelve sons, regarded as the ancestors of the twelve tribes of Israel 0
- noun patriarch the bishop of one of several principal sees, esp those of Rome, Antioch, and Alexandria 0
- noun patriarch the bishops of the four ancient principal sees of Constantinople, Antioch, Alexandria, and Jerusalem, and also of Russia, Romania, and Serbia, the bishop of Constantinople (the ecumenical Patriarch) being highest in dignity among these 0
- noun patriarch a title given to the pope 0
- noun patriarch a title given to a number of bishops, esp of the Uniat Churches, indicating their rank as immediately below that of the pope 0
- noun patriarch the head of the Coptic, Armenian, Syrian Jacobite, or Nestorian Churches, and of certain other non-Orthodox Churches in the East 0
- noun patriarch the oldest or most venerable member of a group, community, etc 0
- noun patriarch a person regarded as the founder of a community, tradition, etc 0
- noun patriarch 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 0
- noun patriarch a person regarded as the founder or father of a colony, religion, business, etc. 0
- noun patriarch a man of great age and dignity 0
- noun patriarch the oldest individual of a class or group 0
- noun patriarch a bishop in the early Christian Church, esp. a bishop of Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, or Jerusalem 0
- noun patriarch the pope (Patriarch of the West), or any of certain bishops ranking immediately after him, as the bishops of Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem 0
- noun patriarch the highest-ranking bishop at Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem, Moscow, Bucharest, etc. 0
- noun patriarch the jurisdictional head of any of certain other churches, as the Coptic, Nestorian, Armenian, etc. 0
- noun patriarch a high-ranking member of the Melchizedek priesthood 0