1 the male head of a family or tribe
compareMATRIARCH
2 an old man that people have a lot of respect for
3 (Patriarch) the title of a most senior BISHOP (= a senior priest) in the Orthodox or Roman Catholic Church:
the Patriarch of Constantinople * the Orthodox Patriarch
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