| relig. |
патриарх (1. One of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people; 2. A man who is head of a patriarchy; 3. Any of the bishops of the ancient or Eastern Orthodox sees of Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem or the ancient and Western see of Rome with authority over other bishops; 4. The head of any of various Eastern churches; 5. A Roman Catholic bishop next in rank to the Pope with purely titular or with metropolitan jurisdiction; 6. A Mormon of the Melchizedek priesthood empowered to perform the ordinances of the church and pronounce blessings within a stake or prescribed jurisdiction) |
