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patriarchess rare.|ˈpeɪtrɪɑːkɪs|
[ad. med.L. patriarchissa (Du Cange), OF. patriarchece, -esce, -esse (Godef.).]
The wife of a patriarch; a female patriarch; a woman of patriarchal age; the oldest woman of a community.
1639Fuller Holy War ii. xxxix. (1840) 102 She was generally saluted the patriarchess. 1645J. Bond Occasus Occid. 19 Sarah (if I may so call her) the Patriarchesse. 1732Hist. Litteraria III. 199 The History of the Patriarchess of Constantinople is not so improbable. 1882Echo 14 Apr. 4/2 Yesterday..the patriarchess of the district, attain[ed] her 100th year, being born on the 12th April, 1782. |