plural of Byzantine Patriarch

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople

plural of Ecumenical Patriarch

The Orthodox archbishop of Constantinople who is generally recognised as the leader of the Eastern Orthodox Church

(Christianity) An epithet of Jesus.

(Roman Catholicism) Each of the five great basilicae of Rome, viz. the Lateran, St Peter’s, St Paul’s outside the Walls, St Mary Major’s, and St Lawrence’s outside the Walls.

One opposed to a religious patriarchy.

plural of anti-patriarch

(anthropology, history) A social system in which the father is head of the household, having authority over women and children, and in which lineage is traced through the male line.

plural of patriarchy