patriarchate
Americannoun
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the office, dignity, jurisdiction, province, or residence of an ecclesiastical patriarch.
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a patriarchy.
noun
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the office, jurisdiction, province, or residence of a patriarch
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a family or people under male domination or government
Etymology
Origin of patriarchate
1610–20; < Medieval Latin patriarchātus, equivalent to Late Latin patriarch ( a ) ( patriarch ) + Latin -ātus -ate 3
Example Sentences
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He will also hold a special meeting with those aged 16 to 35 in Bkerke, north of Beirut, where the patriarchate of Lebanon's Maronite Church is located.
From Barron's • Nov. 26, 2025
As anger, confusion and fears of possible evictions mounted, the Armenian patriarchate — the body managing the community’s civil and religious affairs — acknowledged that the church had signed away the patch of land.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2023
He shows me a video of how he and his friends confronted a masked Jewish Israeli trying to scale the wall to take down the Armenian patriarchate flag, which bears a cross.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2023
Today, there are approximately 8,000 parishes loyal to the Kyiv-based church and still roughly 12,000 loyal to the Moscow patriarchate.
From New York Times • Jul. 14, 2022
The Greek branch of the Orthodox Eastern Church is practically independent, like those of Servia, Montenegro and Rumania, though nominally subject to the patriarchate of Constantinople.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various
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