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patriarch - Dictionary definition and meaning for word patriarch
Definition
(noun) title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem)
Definition
(noun) the male head of family or tribe
Definition
(noun) any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race
Definition
(noun) a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself
(noun) title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem)
Definition
(noun) the male head of family or tribe
Synonyms :
paterfamilias
Definition
(noun) any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race
Definition
(noun) a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself
Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for patriarch
partri+arch patri=father......hence partiarch is father of family or tribe
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by harishankam
by harishankam
just as MONARCH means ruler, patriarch is ruler of a family or tribe
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by khushboo104
by khushboo104
pati+arch.......so arch means a single ruler and that person is pati i.e. father of family
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by er.amit.1jan
by er.amit.1jan
patriarch -patri means father and arch means the ruler and patriarch society means the society dominated by the male
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by santosh pokhrel
by santosh pokhrel