patriarchate

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French patriarcat, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin patriarchatus, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek πατήρ (patḗr) "father" + -archy, "rule".

Noun

patriarchate (plural patriarchates)

1. (Christianity) The term of office of a Christian patriarch.

   The patriarchate of Pope John Paul II as Patriarch of the West was more than 25 years.

2. The office or ecclesial jurisdiction of such a patriarch.

   The Patriarchate of Constantinople has primacy over the whole of the Orthodox world.

3. The office-space occupied by a patriarch and his staff.

   The Latin patriarchate in Jerusalem is, by modern standards, a very cramped space.

Usage notes

(political science, politics): This term would describe a kind of polity.

Translations

term of office

• Finnish: patriarkaatti (fi)
• Galician: patriarcado m
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• Swedish: patriarkat (sv) n

office or ecclesial jurisdiction

• Arabic: بَطْرِيَرْكِيَّة f (baṭriyarkiyya)
• Finnish: patriarkaatti (fi)
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• Swedish: patriarkat (sv) n

office space

• Finnish: patriarkaatti (fi)
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• Swedish: patriarkat (sv) n

See also

• matriarchate