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1. a. : one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people. Abraham was a patriarch of the Israelites. b. : a man who is father or founder. The newspaper patriarch celebrated his 90th birthday. c (1) : the oldest member or representative of a group.
PATRIARCH definition: 1. a powerful man in a family: 2. the male leader of a society in which power passes from father…. Learn more.
noun. the male head of a family or tribal line. a person regarded as the father or founder of an order, class, etc. any of the very early Biblical personages regarded as the fathers of the human race, comprising those from Adam to Noah antediluvian patriarchs and those between the Deluge and the birth of Abraham.
noun. the male head of a family or tribal line. a person regarded as the father or founder of an order, class, etc. any of the very early Biblical personages regarded as the fathers of the human race, comprising those from Adam to Noah antediluvian patriarchs and those between the Deluge and the birth of Abraham.
Although the noun patriarch specifically refers to a male head of the family, it can more generally refer to any older, respected male. In terms of the Old Testament, patriarch refers to the men considered to be the fathers of the human race, including Jacob and Isaac.
1. A man who rules a family, clan, or tribe. 2. Bible. a. One of the antediluvian progenitors of the human race, from Adam to Noah. b. Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, or any of Jacob's 12 sons, the eponymous progenitors of the 12 tribes of Israel. 3. Used formerly as a title for the bishops of Rome, Constantinople, Jerusalem, Antioch, and Alexandria. 4.
4 days ago · noun. 1. the father and ruler of a family or tribe, as one of the founders of the ancient Hebrew families: in the Bible, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Jacob's twelve sons were patriarchs. 2. a person regarded as the founder or father of a colony, religion, business, etc. 3. a man of great age and dignity. 4. the oldest individual of a class or group.
