English-Italian translations for patriarch

• patriarca
  Il patriarca è stato in carcere per vent' anni. The patriarch was imprisoned for 20 years.
  Vi suggerisco di chiederlo al Patriarca della chiesa ortodossa, il Patriarca Bartolomeo. I suggest you go and ask the Patriarch of the Orthodox Church, Patriarch Bartholomew.
  Seduta solenne- Patriarca Ecumenico Bartholomeos I Formal sitting - Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

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