Noun Definition

patriarch

1.Definition: a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself

Category: People

2.Definition: any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race

Category: People

3.Definition: the male head of family or tribe

Related Noun(s):paterfamilias

Category: People

4.Definition: title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem)

Category: People