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English noun: patriarch | |||
| 1. | patriarch (person) title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem) | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | spiritual leader | ||
| Instance hyponym | Nestorius, Photius | ||
| 2. | patriarch (person) the male head of family or tribe | ||
| Synonyms | paterfamilias | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | adult male, head of household, man | ||
| 3. | patriarch (person) any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | father, forefather, sire | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | antediluvian, antediluvian patriarch, Jacob, Simeon | ||
| Instance hyponym | Abraham, Benjamin, Ibrahim, Isaac, Ishmael, Issachar, Joseph, Judah, Methuselah, Noah, Reuben | ||
| 4. | patriarch (person) a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | graybeard, greybeard, Methuselah, old man | ||
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