PATRIARCHATE

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Definition

  1. noun the jurisdiction of a patriarch.
  2. noun a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line. — synonyms: patriarchy

Examples

  • “The patriarchate of Pope John Paul II as Patriarch of the West was more than 25 years.”
  • “The Patriarchate of Constantinople has primacy over the whole of the Orthodox world.”
  • “The Latin patriarchate in Jerusalem is, by modern standards, a very cramped space.”

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