patriarchate
Americannoun
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the office, dignity, jurisdiction, province, or residence of an ecclesiastical patriarch.
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a patriarchy.
noun
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the office, jurisdiction, province, or residence of a patriarch
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a family or people under male domination or government
Etymology
Origin of patriarchate
1610–20; < Medieval Latin patriarchātus, equivalent to Late Latin patriarch ( a ) ( see patriarch) + Latin -ātus -ate 3
Example Sentences
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He will also hold a special meeting with those aged 16 to 35 in Bkerke, north of Beirut, where the patriarchate of Lebanon's Maronite Church is located.
From Barron's ● Nov. 26, 2025
"The Armenian patriarchate of Jerusalem has to take care of these lands to keep them to preserve them, to protect them."
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2023
The patriarchate declined to say what it would do with the money from the deal.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 6, 2023
After 1991, the Moscow patriarchate retained access to the site, while the Ukrainian government formally owns it as a museum.
From New York Times ● Jul. 14, 2022
The papacy was the sole western patriarchate, or bishopric, with jurisdiction over the metropolitan and provincial bishops, and was the sole representative of the western church in its dealings with the bishops of the East.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Arthur Edward Romilly Boak
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