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πᾰτρῐᾱ́ (pătrĭā́) +‎ -ᾰ́ρχης (-ắrkhēs)

πᾰτρῐᾰ́ρχης (pătrĭắrkhēsm (genitive πᾰτρῐᾰ́ρχου); first declension

  1. (Judaism and Christianity) a patriarch (the father or chief of a race)
    • Act.Ap. 2.29

    • Act.Ap. 7.8

    • Ep.Hebr. 7.4

  2. (Christianity, as Πατριάρχης in titular use) a patriarch (borne as a title by the bishops of Rome, Constantinople, Jerusalem, Antioch, and Alexandria)

Ancient Greek πατριάρχης (patriárkhēs)

πατριάρχης (patriárchism (plural πατριάρχες)

  1. (religion) patriarch (rank in church hierarchy)
  2. (religion) patriarch (character in the Old Testament)
  3. (religion) patriarch (clan chief)