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Definition of Patriarchates
1. patriarchate [n] - See also: patriarchate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Patriarchates
Literary usage of Patriarchates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Historical Geography of Europe by Edward Augustus Freeman (1903)
"The Great patriarchates. The highest ecclesiastical divisions, ... And whenever
the features. boundaries of the patriarchates departed from the boundaries ..."
2. The Historical Geography of Europe by Edward Augustus Freeman (1882)
"That these Eastern patriarchates have been for ages disputed by claimants ...
These then are the five great patriarchates which formed the most ancient ..."
3. Church and State: Their Relations Historically Developed by Friedrich Heinrich Geffcken (1877)
"patriarchates—Tradition of Apostolic Origin of Roman Church—The Pseudo- ...
At first these patriarchates were only three—those of Alexandria for Africa, ..."
4. Church and State: Their Relations Historically Developed by Friedrich Heinrich Geffcken (1877)
"patriarchates—Tradition of Apostolic Origin of Roman Church—The Pseudo- ...
At first Patri- these patriarchates were only three—those of Alexandria for ..."
5. History of the Reformation of the Sixteenth Century by Jean Henri Merle d'Aubigné (1851)
"... Bishops and ofthe Sects—Visible Unity or the Church—Invisible Unity of the
Church—Primacy of St. Peter—patriarchates—Co-operation of Princes—Influence ..."
6. The History of Civilization: From the Fall of the Roman Empire to the French by Guizot (François), M. Guizot, William Hazlitt (1856)
"... and archdeacons—Bishops—Archbishops —Attempts to establish the patriarchates
in the west—Fall of the archbishops—Preponderance and despotism of the ..."