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Patriarch

['peɪtrɪɑːk] or ['petrɪɑrk]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself.

(noun.) any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race.

(noun.) the male head of family or tribe.

(noun.) title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem).

校對:马特--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) The father and ruler of a family; one who governs his family or descendants by paternal right; -- usually applied to heads of families in ancient history, especially in Biblical and Jewish history to those who lived before the time of Moses.

(n.) A dignitary superior to the order of archbishops; as, the patriarch of Constantinople, of Alexandria, or of Antioch.

(n.) A venerable old man; an elder. Also used figuratively.

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解釋/意思:

n. one who governs his family by paternal right: (B.) one of the early heads of families from Adam downwards to Abraham Jacob and his sons: in Eastern churches a dignitary superior to an archbishop.—adjs. Patriarch′al Patriarch′ic belonging or subject to a patriarch: like a patriarch: of the nature of a patriarch.—ns. Pā′triarchalism the condition of tribal government by a patriarch; Pā′triarchate the office or jurisdiction of a patriarch or church dignitary: the residence of a patriarch; Pā′triarchism government by a patriarch; Pā′triarchy a community of related families under the authority of a patriarch.

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