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patriarchate

noun
/ˈpeɪtɹiɑːkət/UK/ˈpeɪtɹiˌɑɹkət/US

Etymology

From Middle French patriarcat, from Old French patriarcat, from Medieval Latin patriarchatus, from Ancient Greek πατριάρχης (patriárkhēs, “patriarch”). By surface analysis, patriarch + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, the concrete charge of it, a body of people involved with it).

  1. derived from πατριάρχης — “patriarch”
  2. derived from patriarchatus
  3. derived from patriarcat
  4. borrowed from patriarcat

Definitions

  1. A patriarchal system or community.

  2. The term of office of a Christian patriarch.

    • The patriarchate of Pope John Paul II as Patriarch of the West was more than 25 years.

  3. The office or ecclesial jurisdiction of such a patriarch.

    • The Patriarchate of Constantinople has primacy over the whole of the Orthodox world.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. The office-space occupied by a patriarch and his staff.

      • The Latin patriarchate in Jerusalem is, by modern standards, a very cramped space.

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