A patriarch is a male leader. Your father might be the patriarch of your family, but your kid brother could be the patriarch of his club house.
The father and ruler of a family; one who governs his family or descendants by paternal right; -- usually applied to heads of families in ancient history, especially in Biblical and Jewish history to those who lived before the time of Moses.
Noun
a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself
Noun
any of the early Biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race
Noun
the male head of family or tribe
Noun
title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem)
n.
The father and ruler of a family; one who governs his
family or descendants by paternal right; -- usually applied to heads of
families in ancient history, especially in Biblical and Jewish history
to those who lived before the time of Moses.
n.
A dignitary superior to the order of archbishops; as,
the patriarch of Constantinople, of Alexandria, or of Antioch.
n.
A venerable old man; an elder. Also used figuratively.
Patriarch
The patriarch hoary, the sage of his kith and the hamlet.
The monarch oak, the partiarch of trees.
The father and ruler of a family; one who governs his family or descendants by paternal right; -- usually applied to heads of families in ancient history, especially in Biblical and Jewish history to those who lived before the time of Moses.
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