Reference meaning
patriarch
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title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem)
Other meanings
2. noun
the male head of family or tribe
3. noun
any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race
4. noun
a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself
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