patriarchs

Meaning of patriarchs

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.

Information about patriarchs

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of patriarchs is: patriarch.
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Hyphenation of patriarchs

pa-tri-archs

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
  • patriarchs is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

patriarchs synonyms

Meaning :

ancestor, forebear, forefather, paterfamilias

patriarchs antonyms

Meaning :

materfamilias, matriarch

Words that rhyme with patriarchs

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