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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Patriarch \Pa"tri*arch\ (p[=a]"tr[i^]*[aum]rk), noun [F. patriarche, L. patriarcha, Gr. paria'rchhs, fr. paria' lineage, especially on the father's side, race; path'r father + 'archo's a leader, chief, fr. 'a'rchein to lead, rule. See {Father}, {Archaic}.]
1. The father and ruler of a family; one who governs his family or descendants by paternal right; -- usually applied to heads of families in ancient history, especially in Biblical and Jewish history to those who lived before the time of Moses.
2. (R. C. Ch. & Gr. Ch.) A dignitary superior to the order of archbishops; as, the patriarch of Constantinople, of Alexandria, or of Antioch.
3. A venerable old man; an elder. Also used figuratively.
The patriarch hoary, the sage of his kith and the hamlet. --Longfellow.
The monarch oak, the partiarch of trees. --Dryde.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
noun
1: title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem)
2: the male head of family or tribe [syn: {patriarch}, {paterfamilias}]
3: any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race
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