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PatriarchalPatriarchal Pa`tri*ar"chal, a. [Cf. F. patriarcal.]
1. 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.
2. Characteristic of a patriarch; venerable.
About whose patriarchal knee Late the little
children clung. --Tennyson.
3. (Ethnol.) Having an organization of society and government
in which the head of the family exercises authority over
all its generations.
Patriarchal cross (Her.), a cross, the shaft of which is
intersected by two transverse beams, the upper one being
the smaller. See Illust. (2) of Cross.
Patriarchal dispensation, the divine dispensation under
which the patriarchs lived before the law given by Moses. Patriarchal crossPatriarchal Pa`tri*ar"chal, a. [Cf. F. patriarcal.]
1. 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.
2. Characteristic of a patriarch; venerable.
About whose patriarchal knee Late the little
children clung. --Tennyson.
3. (Ethnol.) Having an organization of society and government
in which the head of the family exercises authority over
all its generations.
Patriarchal cross (Her.), a cross, the shaft of which is
intersected by two transverse beams, the upper one being
the smaller. See Illust. (2) of Cross.
Patriarchal dispensation, the divine dispensation under
which the patriarchs lived before the law given by Moses. Patriarchal dispensationPatriarchal Pa`tri*ar"chal, a. [Cf. F. patriarcal.]
1. 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.
2. Characteristic of a patriarch; venerable.
About whose patriarchal knee Late the little
children clung. --Tennyson.
3. (Ethnol.) Having an organization of society and government
in which the head of the family exercises authority over
all its generations.
Patriarchal cross (Her.), a cross, the shaft of which is
intersected by two transverse beams, the upper one being
the smaller. See Illust. (2) of Cross.
Patriarchal dispensation, the divine dispensation under
which the patriarchs lived before the law given by Moses. PatriarchatePatriarchate Pa`tri*ar"chate (p>amac/`tr[i^]*[aum]r"k[asl]t),
n. [Cf. F. patriarcat.]
1. The office, dignity, or jurisdiction of a patriarch.
--Jer. Taylor.
2. The residence of an ecclesiastic patriarch.
3. (Ethnol.) A patriarchal form of government or society. See
Patriarchal, a., 3. Patriarchdom
Patriarchdom Pa"tri*arch*dom, n.
The office or jurisdiction of a patriarch; patriarchate. [R.]
Patriarchic
Patriarchic Pa`tri*ar"chic, a. [L. patriarchicus, Gr. ?.]
Patriarchal.
Patriarchism
Patriarchism Pa"tri*arch*ism, n.
Government by a patriarch, or the head of a family.
Patriarchship
Patriarchship Pa"tri*arch*ship, n.
A patriarchate. --Ayliffe.
Patriarchy
Patriarchy Pa"tri*arch`y, n. [Gr. ?.]
1. The jurisdiction of a patriarch; patriarchship.
--Brerewood.
2. Government by a patriarch; patriarchism.
Meaning of Patriarch from wikipedia
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- is the 270th and current Archbishop of Constantinople and E****enical Patriarch, since 2 November 1991. In accordance with his title, he is regarded as...
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