Patriarch tarimas:

/'peitriɑ:k/

Patriarch audio:

Žodžio paaiškinimas anglų kalba:

• noun: A man who rules a family, clan, or tribe.
• noun: Bible One of the antediluvian progenitors of the human race, from Adam to Noah.
• noun: Bible Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, or any of Jacob's 12 sons, the eponymous progenitors of the 12 tribes of Israel.
• noun: Used formerly as a title for the bishops of Rome, Constantinople, Jerusalem, Antioch, and Alexandria.
• noun: Roman Catholic Church A bishop who holds the highest episcopal rank after the pope.
• noun: Eastern Orthodox Church Any one of the bishops of the sees of Constantinople, Antioch, Alexandria, Moscow, and Jerusalem who has authority over other bishops.
• noun: Judaism The head of the Sanhedrin in Syrian Palestine from about 180 B.C. to A.D. 429.
• noun: Mormon Church A high dignitary of the priesthood empowered to invoke blessings.
• noun: One who is regarded as the founder or original head of an enterprise, organization, or tradition.
• noun: A very old, venerable man; an elder.
• noun: The oldest member of a group: the patriarch of the herd.

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