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patriarchs
noun(pa-tri-arch)
the male head of family or tribe
Synonyms: paterfamilias,
patriarchs
noun(pa-tri-arch)
a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself
patriarchs
noun(pa-tri-arch)
any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race
patriarchs
noun(pa-tri-arch)
title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem)

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