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patriarch

noun
/ˈpeɪtɹɪɑːk/UK/ˈpeɪtɹiɑɹk/US

Etymology

From Middle English patriark, patriarche, from Late Latin patriarcha; later reinforced by Old French patriarche, from Ancient Greek πατριάρχης (patriárkhēs, “the founder of the tribe/family”), from Ancient Greek πατριά (patriá, “generation, ancestry, descent, tribe, family”) + -ᾰ́ρχης (-ắrkhēs, “-arch”), with some senses likely influenced directly by Latin pāter (“father”) or Ancient Greek πᾰτήρ (pătḗr, “father”). Compare matriarch. By surface analysis, patri- + -arch.

  1. derived from πατριάρχης
  2. derived from patriarche
  3. derived from patriarcha
  4. inherited from patriark

Definitions

  1. The highest form of bishop, in the ancient world having authority over other bishops in…

    The highest form of bishop, in the ancient world having authority over other bishops in the province but now generally as an honorary title; in Roman Catholicism, considered a bishop second only to the Pope in rank.

  2. A male leader of a family, tribe or ethnic group, especially one of the twelve sons of…

    A male leader of a family, tribe or ethnic group, especially one of the twelve sons of Jacob (considered to have created the twelve tribes of Israel) or (in plural) Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

    • Men and brethren / lett me frely ſpeake vnto you of the patriarke David: For he is both deed and buryed / and his ſepulcre remayneth with vs vnto this daye.

  3. A founder of a political or religious movement, an organization or an enterprise.

  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. An old leader of a village or community.

    2. The male progenitor of a genetic or tribal line, or of a clan or extended family.

    3. The male head of a household or nuclear family.

      • Fictional male antiheroes like television’s crime patriarchs Tony Soprano and Walter White have reigned for some time, but the antiheroine has only more recently had the opportunity to rise up – and become the cause of her own downfall.

    4. A shade of purple

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Derived

anti-patriarch, patriarchal, patriarchdom, patriarched, patriarchess, patriarchism, patriarchist, patriarchization, patriarchize, patriarchship

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at patriarch. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at patriarch. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at patriarch

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA