Defenition of the word patriarch
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Defenition of the word patriarch
- any of the early Biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race
- a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself
- the head of family or tribe
- the male head of family or tribe
- title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem)
Synonyms for the word patriarch
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- graybeard
- head of household
- paterfamilias
Hyponyms for the word patriarch
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- Abraham
- antediluvian
- antediluvian patriarch
- Benjamin
- Ibrahim
- Isaac
- Ishmael
- Issachar
- Jacob
- Joseph
- Judah
- Methuselah
- Nestorius
- Noah
- Reuben
- Simeon
Hypernyms for the word patriarch
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- adult male
- chief
- father
- forefather
- graybeard
- greybeard
- head
- head of household
- man
- Methuselah
- old man
- sire
- spiritual leader
- top dog
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