Patriarch

Language: English
Pronunciation: pat-ri-arch
Part of Speech: noun

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The highest form of bishop, in the ancient world having authority over other bishops in the province but now generally as an honorary title; in Roman Catholicism, considered a bishop second only to the Pope in rank.

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A man who rules a family, clan, or tribe.

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"the male head of family or tribe"

"any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race"

"a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself"

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