| patriarch | 1. The father and ruler of a family; one who governs his family or descendants by paternal right; usually applied to heads of families in ancient history, especially in Biblical and Jewish history to those who lived before the time of Moses. 2. A dignitary superior to the order of archbishops; as, the patriarch of Constantinople, of Alexandria, or of Antioch. 3. A venerable old man; an elder. Also used figuratively. "The patriarch hoary, the sage of his kith and the hamlet." (Longfellow) "The monarch oak, the partiarch of trees." (Dryde) Origin: F. Patriarche, L. Patriarcha, Gr, fr. Lineage, especially on the father's side, race; father + a leader, chief, fr. To lead, rule. See Father, Archaic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| patriarchal | 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. <ethnology> Having an organization of society and government in which the head of the family exercises authority over all its generations. Patriarchal cross, a cross, the shaft of which is intersected by two transverse beams, the upper one being the smaller. Patriarchal dispensation, the divine dispensation under which the patriarchs lived before the law given by Moses. Origin: Cf. F. Patriarcal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| patriarchate | 1. The office, dignity, or jurisdiction of a patriarch. 2. The residence of an ecclesiastic patriarch. 3. <ethnology> A patriarchal form of government or society. See Patriarchal. Origin: Cf. F. Patriarcat. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| patriarch | a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself |
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| patriarch | any of the early Biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race |
| patriarch | the head of family or tribe |
| patriarch | characteristic of a patriarchy |
| patriarch | a cross with two crossbars |
| patriarch | a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line |
| patriarch | the jurisdiction of a patriarch |
| patriarch | (of societies) being ruled by or having descent traced through the male line |
| patriarch | a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line |
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