patriarch

Etymology
From, , from ; later reinforced by , from , from + , with some senses likely influenced directly by  or. Compare. .

Noun

 * 1)  The highest form of bishop, in the ancient world having authority over other bishops in the province but now generally as an honorary title; in Roman Catholicism, considered a bishop second only to the Pope in rank.
 * 2) In Biblical contexts, a male leader of a family, tribe or ethnic group, especially one of the twelve sons of Jacob (considered to have created the twelve tribes of Israel) or (in plural) Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
 * 3) A founder of a political or religious movement, an organization or an enterprise.
 * 4) An old leader of a village or community.
 * 5) The male progenitor of a genetic or tribal line, or of a clan or extended family.
 * 6) The male head of a household or nuclear family.
 * 1) The male progenitor of a genetic or tribal line, or of a clan or extended family.
 * 2) The male head of a household or nuclear family.
 * 1) The male head of a household or nuclear family.

Derived terms

 * anti-patriarch

Translations

 * Albanian: ,
 * Arabic: بَطْرِيَرْك, بَطْرَك, بَطْرِيك
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: patriarx
 * Belarusian: патрыя́рх
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 宗主教
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: patriarh
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: პატრიარქი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 総主教, 総大司教
 * Kazakh: патриарх
 * Korean: 총대주교(總大主敎)
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Latvian: patriarhs
 * Lithuanian: patriarchas
 * Macedonian: патрија́рх
 * Malay: patriark
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: patriark
 * Nynorsk: patriark
 * Persian: پاطریارخ, پاتریارک
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: патрѝјарх
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: patriarcha
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: патріа́рх
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese:, mục thủ


 * Arabic:, بَطْرِيَرْك
 * Armenian: ,
 * Old Armenian: տանուտէր, նախահայր
 * Belarusian: патрыя́рх, патрыя́рх, старэ́йшына
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Coptic: ⲡⲁⲧⲣⲓⲁⲣⲭⲏⲥ
 * Corsican: patriarca
 * Czech: praotec
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: patriarko
 * Estonian: patriarh
 * Faroese: ættfaðir
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Friulian: patriarcje
 * Galician: patriarca
 * Georgian: პატრიარქი
 * German:, Erzvater
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: πατριάρχης
 * Hebrew:
 * Icelandic: ættfaðir
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:, batrik
 * Irish: patrarc, uasalathair, ardathair
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: ақсақал
 * Korean:
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Latin: patriarcha
 * Manx: ard-ayr
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: patriark
 * Nynorsk: patriark
 * Occitan:, patriarcha
 * Old English: hēahfæder
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romagnol:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: àrd-athair
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: патрѝјарх
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tatar:
 * Ukrainian: патріа́рх, старі́йшина
 * Vietnamese:
 * West Frisian: stamfaar