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patriarchate

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12 lettersPronunciation /ˈpeɪtɹiɑːkət/Part of speech nounSorted aaacehiprrttStarts with PEnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
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  1. a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line

Word origin

From Middle French patriarcat, from Old French patriarcat, from Medieval Latin patriarchatus, from Ancient Greek πατριάρχης (patriárkhēs, “patriarch”). By surface analysis, patriarch + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, the concrete charge of it, a body of people involved with it).

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  • The patriarchate of Pope John Paul II as Patriarch of the West was more than 25 years.
  • The Patriarchate of Constantinople has primacy over the whole of the Orthodox world.
  • The Latin patriarchate in Jerusalem is, by modern standards, a very cramped space.

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