Engelsk navneord: patriarch |
1. | patriarch (om person) title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem) |
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| Mindre specifikke termer | spiritual leader |
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| Eksempler på forekomster af mere specifikke termer | Nestorius, Photius |
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2. | patriarch (om person) the male head of family or tribe |
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| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | paterfamilias |
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| Mindre specifikke termer | adult male, head of household, man |
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3. | patriarch (om person) any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race |
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| Mindre specifikke termer | father, forefather, sire |
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| Mere specifikke termer | antediluvian, antediluvian patriarch, Jacob, Simeon |
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| Eksempler på forekomster af mere specifikke termer | Abraham, Benjamin, Ibrahim, Isaac, Ishmael, Issachar, Joseph, Judah, Methuselah, Noah, Reuben |
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4. | patriarch (om person) a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself |
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| Mindre specifikke termer | graybeard, greybeard, Methuselah, old man |
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