Advertisement

Advertisement

patriarchate

[ pey-tree-ahr-kit, -keyt ]

noun

  1. the office, dignity, jurisdiction, province, or residence of an ecclesiastical patriarch.
  2. a patriarchy.


patriarchate

/ ˈpeɪtrɪˌɑːkɪt /

noun

  1. the office, jurisdiction, province, or residence of a patriarch
  2. a family or people under male domination or government
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


Discover More

Word History and Origins

Origin of patriarchate1

1610–20; < Medieval Latin patriarchātus, equivalent to Late Latin patriarch ( a ) ( patriarch ) + Latin -ātus -ate 3
Discover More

Example Sentences

Kirill represented the Moscow Patriarchate at the World Council of Churches in the early 1970s.

Putin also blamed Ukrainian nationalists for attacking the Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate in Ukraine.

The patriarchate subsequently passed to Oviedo, who was the only one to reach the country.

He divided the history of society into four great epochs—savagery, barbarism, the patriarchate, and civilization.

He soon succeeded to the patriarchate, which gave him civil as well as ecclesiastical powers.

Their principal quarrel is with the Greek clergy foisted upon them by the Patriarchate here.

Peter I. abolished the patriarchate, introduced his own classes and reforms, and made himself head of the church.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


patriarchalismpatriarchs