patriarch

Examples

• All

• The head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Nikon, imposed religious reforms that split the Church between reformers and Old Believers.

• The queen apparently took the patriarch's words to heart and promptly handed the relic over to him.

  Academic text (2004)

• "Whatever we can do to help," the Patriarch said at last.

  Fiction book (1991)

• The other route by sea to arrive at the house of the Patriarch of Acre is through islands.

  Academic text (1999)

• "Can you accept your role in the agreement?" This was going awfully fast, the Patriarch thought.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Within the Russian Orthodox Church, Bishop Ermogen wrote a protest to the Patriarch and was silenced as a result.

  Academic text (1991)

• At the ceremony, the Patriarch of Alexandria blessed the congregation with a heartfelt message.

• The council convened under the authority of the Patriarch in Istanbul to discuss future church policies.

Synonyms

C

Catholicos

vspatriarch

9.9

A chief bishop in some Eastern Christian churches, for example the Armenian Church

names the head of specific Eastern Orthodox churches like Istanbul, Moscow, and Jerusalem

Compounds

A

antediluvian patriarch

• Literature

9.9

A man in the Bible who lived before Noah's flood

How Senior

Pope

• Formal

239 3.2

patriarch

• Formal

9 7.7

metropolitan

• Formal

2 9.9

archbishop

31 7.2

bishop

210 3.9

priest

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology