Patriarch
The highest-ranking bishops in Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, the Catholic Church (above major archbishop and primate), the Hussite Church, Church of the East, and some Independent Catholic Churches are termed patriarchs (and in certai ...
is a high-ranking bishop in certain
Orthodox and Catholic churches.
Patriarch may also refer to:
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Patriarch (Buddhism), a historic teacher who transferred the teachings
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Patriarch (Latter Day Saints) In the Latter Day Saint movement, patriarch (also called evangelist) is an office of the priesthood. It is considered to be either an office of the patriarchal priesthood or the Melchizedek priesthood.
Latter Day Saint movement
In the early days ...
, the Melchizedek Priesthood office in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
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''Patriarch'' (magazine), a defunct American magazine that espoused Biblical patriarchy
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Patriarchs (Bible)
The patriarchs ( he, אבות ''Avot'', singular he, אב '' Av'') of the Bible, when narrowly defined, are Abraham, his son Isaac, and Isaac's son Jacob, also named Israel, the ancestor of the Israelites. These three figures are referred ...
, prominent figures in the Hebrew scriptures, especially Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
* A male ruler (of a tribe, family, etc.) in a traditional
patriarchy
* ''Patriarch'', the sailing ship used to transport the
Whitbread Engine
The Whitbread Engine preserved in the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney, Australia, built in 1785, is one of the first rotative steam engines ever built, and is the oldest surviving. A rotative engine is a type of beam engine where the reciprocating mo ...
* A character in the video game ''
Killing Floor''
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"The Patriarchs" (poem) , poem by Simon Armitage on the death of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
See also
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Matriarch (disambiguation)
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Patriarchate
Patriarchate ( grc, πατριαρχεῖον, ''patriarcheîon'') is an ecclesiological term in Christianity, designating the office and jurisdiction of an ecclesiastical patriarch.
According to Christian tradition three patriarchates were est ...
, the see and jurisdiction of an ecclesiastical Patriarch
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Patriarchalism
Patriarchalism is a political theory that arose in England in the seventeenth century that defended the concept of absolute power for the monarchy, through language that emphasized the "paternal" power of the king over the state and his subjects. ...
, a seventeenth-century political theory of absolute monarchy in England
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Nasi
Nasi may refer to:
Food Dishes
Nasi Goreng is an Indonesian and Malay word for ''cooked rice'', featured in many Southeast Asian dishes
*Nasi goreng, a popular rice dish often simply called ''nasi''
*Other Southeast Asian ''nasi'' dishes:
**Nasi ...
or Patriarch of the Jews, the head of the Sanhedrin of Israel from 191 BCE to 425 CE
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Pater familias
The ''pater familias'', also written as ''paterfamilias'' (plural ''patres familias''), was the head of a Roman family. The ''pater familias'' was the oldest living male in a household, and could legally exercise autocratic authority over his ext ...
, the head of a Roman family.
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Supreme Patriarch
Sangharaja ( Pāli: '' sangha'' religious community + ''raja'' ruler, king, or prince) is the title given in many Theravada Buddhist countries to a senior monk who is the titular head either of a monastic fraternity ( nikaya), or of the ''Sangha'' ...
or Sangharaja, a title given to senior Theravada Buddhist monks
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