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Patriarchate
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- 1 A patriarchal system or community.
"The rise of the patriarchate saw the overpowering of the female goddess by the male god. The moon-god gave place to the sun-god. The tables were turned with a vengeance. Not only was the male granted a share in the phenomenon of generation; he was given the main share."
- 2 a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line wordnet
- 3 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."
- 4 the jurisdiction of a patriarch wordnet
- 5 The office or ecclesial jurisdiction of such a patriarch.
"The Patriarchate of Constantinople has primacy over the whole of the Orthodox world."
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- 6 The office-space occupied by a patriarch and his staff.
"The Latin patriarchate in Jerusalem is, by modern standards, a very cramped space."
Etymology
From Middle French patriarcat, from Old French patriarcat, from Medieval Latin patriarchatus, from Ancient Greek πατριάρχης (patriárkhēs, “patriarch”). By surface analysis, patriarch + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, the concrete charge of it, a body of people involved with it).
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