patriarchate

Meanings

1. A patriarchal system or community.
2. The term of office of a Christian patriarch.
3. The office or ecclesial jurisdiction of such a patriarch.
4. The office-space occupied by a patriarch and his staff.

Etymology

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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