patriarch
Meaning of patriarch
noun
- 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.
- In Biblical contexts, 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.
- A founder of a political or religious movement, an organization or an enterprise.
- An old leader of a village or community.
- The male progenitor of a genetic or tribal line, or of a clan or extended family.
- The male head of a household or nuclear family.
Information about patriarch
- It is a name.
- The plural form of patriarch is: patriarchs.
- Languages in which patriarch is used:
(Press the button to hear it)
Hyphenation of patriarch
pa-tri-arch
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- patriarch is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
patriarch synonyms
Meaning Patriarch:
Meaning paterfamilias:
Meaning :
ancestor, forebear, forefather
patriarch antonyms
Meaning :
Translation of patriarch
- Spanish: patriarca
- French: patriarche
- Italian: patriarca
Anagrams of patriarch
Words that rhyme with patriarch
Arch, arch, MAArch, alabarch, subarch, decarch, dodecarch, BLandArch, amphodarch, decadarch, endarch, roundarch, stratopedarch, CellSearch, Nearch, asearch, bioresearch, ensearch, forwardsearch, genearch, insearch, orepearch, outsearch, oversearch, pearch, presearch, proresearch, reasearch, research, search, squirearch, undersearch, oligarch, Asiarch, Patriarch, Syriarch, antipatriarch, archpatriarch, asiarch, chiliarch, cimeliarch, diarch, ecclesiarch, gymnasiarch, heresiarch, mandriarch, matriarch, myriarch, mysteriarch, omniarch
Are you looking more rhymes for patriarch? Try our rhymes search engine.