English-Czech translations for patriarch

• patriarcha
  Slavnostní zasedání - ekumenický patriarcha Bartoloměj Formal sitting - Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew
  Patriarcha je hlavou celosvětové církve, může být proto samozřejmě vybrán z kterékoli členské církve. A patriarch is the head of a worldwide church, so he, of course, may be elected from any member church.
  Kromě toho bylo tureckým úředníkům zakázáno zúčastnit se recepce uspořádané patriarchátem Konstantinopole, protože v pozvánce se patriarcha označuje jako ekumenický. Furthermore, Turkish officials have been prohibited from attending a reception given by the Patriarchate of Constantinople because the invitation refers to the Patriarch as ecumenical.
• praotec

Definition of patriarch

• The highest form of bishop, in the ancient world having authority over other bishops in the province but now generally as an honorary title; in Roman Catholicism, considered a bishop second only to the Pope in rank.
• A founder of a political or religious movement, an organization or an enterprise.
• The male progenitor of a genetic or tribal line, or of a clan or extended family
• The male head of a household or nuclear family

Related words

• patriarchy
• patriarchal
• patriarchate
• heteropatriarchal
• heteropatriarchy
• antipatriarchal
• patriarchess
• homopatriarchy
• cisheteropatriarchy