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Definition of Patriarchate

1. Noun. The jurisdiction of a patriarch.

2. Noun. A form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line.

Definition of Patriarchate

1. n. The office, dignity, or jurisdiction of a patriarch.

Definition of Patriarchate

1. Noun. The term of office of a Christian patriarch. ¹

2. Noun. The ecclesial jurisdiction of such a patriarch. ¹

3. Noun. The office-space occupied by a patriarch and his staff. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Patriarchate

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Medical Definition of Patriarchate

1. 1. The office, dignity, or jurisdiction of a patriarch. 2. The residence of an ecclesiastic patriarch. 3. A patriarchal form of government or society. See Patriarchal. Origin: Cf. F. Patriarcat. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Patriarchate

patooty patr- patresfamilias patress patresses patri- patria potestas patrial patriality patrials

patriarch patriarchal patriarchal cross patriarchalism patriarchally patriarchate (current term) patriarchates patriarchdom patriarchdoms patriarchial

patriarchic patriarchically patriarchies patriarchism patriarchisms patriarchs patriarchship patriarchy patriate patriated

Literary usage of Patriarchate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"For further information about the Orthodox patriarchate see below. their titular city. Merc servants oí the oecumenical bishop, having no interest in their ..."

2. Denying Human Rights and Ethnic Identity: The Greeks of Turkey by Helsinki Watch (Organization : U.S.), Helsinki Watch (Organization : U.S., Whitman (1992)
"Since that time the situation of the patriarchate has fluctuated with Greek-Turkish relations. During periods of good will, Turkish authorities have ..."

3. Peter the Great by Kazimierz Waliszewski (1898)
"CHAPTER III THE ECCLESIASTICAL REFORMS AND THE SUPPRESSION OF THE patriarchate II. Tht patriarchate—A temporary guardian of the Patriarchal throne—Stephen ..."

4. The Family: An Ethnographical and Historical Outline with Descriptive Notes by Elsie Worthington Clews Parsons (1906)
"Whatever may be the genetical relation between the matriarchate and the patriarchate, it is a fact that certain communities have been passing under recent ..."

5. Macedonia by Tihomir R. Đorđević (1918)
"During the time of the Serbian patriarchate, none but Serbs occupied the ... All episcopal thrones dependent upon the patriarchate See, were likewise ..."

6. A Treatise on the Church of Christ: Designed Chiefly for the Use of Students by William Palmer (1841)
"Let us, therefore, consider briefly the real extent of the patriarchate of Rome. I maintain that this patriarchate extends legitimately to the regions ..."

7. Travels in the Slavonic Provinces of Turkey-in-Europe by Georgina Muir Mackenzie, Adelina Paulina Irby (1877)
"... to the point at which we broke off the recital of our adventures, ie, to the gate of the patriarchate of Ipek. The foot soldiers filled the court, ..."

8. The History of Russia from the Earliest Times to 1877 by Alfred Rambaud, Graeme Mercer Adam (1904)
"(1598-1605)—Appearance of the false Dmitri. FEODOR IVANOVITCH (1584-1598)—THE PEASANT ATTACHED TO THE GLEBE—THE patriarchate. FEODOR, son of Ivan IV. and of ..."

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