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patriarch

/ˈpeɪtɹiˌɑɹk/ · 9 letters · 7 distinct letters

  1. noun

    title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem)

  2. noun

    the male head of family or tribe

  3. noun

    any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race

  4. noun

    a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself

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