πατριάρχης — meaning in English
patriarchis
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English meaning
- patriarch noun A senior bishop who ranks above others, especially in Orthodox or Catholic church hierarchy.
- progenitor noun A direct ancestor of a person, such as a parent or grandparent.
Senses
πατριάρχης is used for these senses in English:
- progenitor A person from whom one or more people (dynasty, tribe, nation…) are descended.
patriarch — full definition
- noun A senior bishop who ranks above others, especially in Orthodox or Catholic church hierarchy.
- noun The male head of a family, tribe, or community, especially a respected elder.
- noun The founder of a movement, organization, or tradition.
progenitor — full definition
- noun A direct ancestor of a person, such as a parent or grandparent.
- noun The original person that a family, tribe or nation traces its line back to.
- noun An ancestral form of a species.
- noun An earlier form or version that something else later developed from.
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