patriarch, n.
(patriarchs)
(patriarchs)
a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself
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patriarch
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derivationally related form
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hypernym
any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race
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patriarch
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hyponym
hypernym
instance hyponym
the male head of family or tribe
<noun.person>
paterfamilias patriarch
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derivationally related form
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hypernym
title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem)
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patriarch