Examples of 'patriarch' in a sentence
Meaning of "patriarch"
Patriarch (noun): A patriarch is a male head of a family or tribe, or a title given to a high-ranking official in certain Christian churches
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- 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.
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You are the patriarch of this family now.
The best warrior should be the patriarch.
The patriarch seeks the common good.
Gherman is recognized as the patriarch of national neurology.
The patriarch died the next year.
I will ask you who are the patriarch.
The patriarch refused to recognize their authority.
Because you have got a new patriarch.
Majors was the patriarch of a football family.
I would rather you did not see me as a patriarch.
His period as patriarch was marred by a number of controversies.
I do not want anybody else to become the patriarch.
Leela patriarch charts plan to protect empire.
The rule of the patriarch was brief.
The patriarch and his fool.
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Kennedy remembered as patriarch of the senate.
The patriarch should be selected through the competition.
Costello is the patriarch of the band.
The patriarch reserves the right.
Let the memories of this patriarch begin now.
Thereupon the patriarch was beaten and starved to death.
They also used inappropriate terms such as patriarch.
The patriarch to his beloved rebels.
He received the title of patriarch from the pope.
The patriarch is not admiral stark.
The play centers on the death of a family patriarch.
The patriarch and the templars are gone.
I have replaced them both as the de facto patriarch.
The patriarch of the tanner clan.
You finished your role as patriarch a couple of hours ago.
A patriarchate is the office or jurisdiction of a patriarch.
Timbor is the patriarch of the family.
The patriarch personally received and signed reports.
Photius served as patriarch for six more years.
The patriarch tried in vain to bring them to reason.
Is like being the patriarch of a family.
Patriarch filaret supports unrecognized montenegrin orthodox church.
David is the patriarch of the family.
Patriarch has veto power.
But the patriarch is angry.
Patriarch around here now.
My grandfather was a patriarch of gardens and bees people and machines.
Patriarch kirill consecrated the restored cathedral of old russikon on mt.
You are the patriarch now.
The patriarch and the templars.
We share the same patriarch.
The patriarch of hominus nocturna.
You are our most experienced actor and the patriarch.
The patriarch of our organisation.
I am no better than the patriarch.
