1. Title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem) 
2. The male head of family or tribe
   - paterfamilias 
3. Any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race 
4. A man who is older and higher in rank than yourself

Derived forms: patriarchs

See also: patriarchal

Type of: adult male, father, forefather, graybeard [US], greybeard [Brit, Cdn], head of household, man, Methuselah, old man, sire, spiritual leader

Encyclopedia: Patriarch

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