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PATRIARCHS
- PATRIARCH, a man who is the head of a family [n]
- PATRIARCH [n]
- The male head of a family or tribe
- A man who is the oldest or most venerable of a group
- Any of those biblical figures regarded as fathers of the human race, esp. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, their forefathers, or the sons of Jacob
- A man who behaves in a commanding manner
- A person or thing that is regarded as the founder of something
- The title of a most senior Orthodox or Catholic bishop, in particular
- A bishop of one of the most ancient Christian sees (Alexandria, Antioch, Constantinople, Jerusalem, and formerly Rome)
- The head of an autocephalous or independent Orthodox church
- A Roman Catholic bishop ranking above primates and metropolitans and immediately below the pope, often the head of a Uniate community