ecumenical patriarch

noun

the patriarch of Constantinople, regarded as the highest dignitary of the Greek Orthodox Church.

Origin of ecumenical patriarch

¹

First recorded in 1860–65

Other words from ecumenical patriarch

ecumenical patriarchate, noun

Words Nearby ecumenical patriarch

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How to use ecumenical patriarch in a sentence

Mahommed would consecrate that very false principle which was at the root of the ecumenical patriarch's arrogance.
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The claim of its bishop to be ecumenical patriarch stopped short of the Primacy.
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