PATRIARCHATES
Definition
PATRIARCHATES is the plural of PATRIARCHATE.
noun PATRIARCHATE: the jurisdiction of a patriarch.
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.”