patriarch

Word Type

n.

patriarch Meaning Definition

The father and ruler of a family; one who governs his family or descendants by paternal right; -- usually applied to heads of families in ancient history, especially in Biblical and Jewish history to those who lived before the time of Moses.

Synonyms for patriarch

Aaronic priesthood,Father Time,Grand Penitentiary,Holy Father,Melchizedek priesthood,Methuselah,Nestor,Old Paar,Seventy,abba,abuna,ancestors,antecedents,antediluvian,antipope,antique,apostle,archbishop,archdeacon,architect,archpriest,ascendants,author,back number,bishop,bishop coadjutor,boss,bwana,canon,cardinal,cardinal bishop,cardinal deacon,cardinal priest,centenarian,chaplain,chef,chief,church dignitary,coadjutor,conservative,creator,curate,dad,daddy,deacon,dean,diocesan,dodo,dotard,ecclesiarch,elder,elders,employer,exarch,father,fathers,fogy,forebears,forefathers,fossil,foster father,founder,fud,fuddy-duddy,gaffer,geezer,generator,genitor,golden-ager,goodman,governor,gramps,grandfather,grandfathers,grandparents,grandsire,granny,graybeard,guru,has-been,hierarch,high priest,husband,inventor,liege,liege lord,longhair,lord,lord paramount,maker,master,matriarch,metropolitan,mid-Victorian,mossback,nonagenarian,octogenarian,old believer,old chap,old codger,old crock,old dodo,old dog,old duffer,old fogy,old geezer,old gent,old gentleman,old liner,old man,old party,old poop,old woman,old-timer,older,oldster,originator,overlord,pa,padrone,pantaloon,pap,papa,pappy,paramount,pater,paterfamilias,patriarchs,patron,penitentiary,pontiff,pop,pope,pops,prebendary,predecessors,prelate,presbyter,priest,primate,progenitors,rabbi,reactionary,rector,regular old fogy,relic,rural dean,sahib,seigneur,seignior,senior citizen,septuagenarian,sexagenarian,sire,square,starets,stepfather,subdean,suffragan,teacher,the old man,the quiet-voiced elders,traditionalist,venerable sir,veteran,vicar

Synonym Search Links for patriarch

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