He's a patriarch.
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Patriarch
/ˈpeɪtɹiɑɹk/
Synonyms for "patriarch" (195 found)
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Closest matches (39)
aaronic priesthoodabbaabunaancestorsantecedentsantediluvianantipopeantiqueapostlearchbishoparchdeaconarchitectarchpriestascendantsauthorback numberbishopbishop coadjutorbossbwana
Noun(4 words)
Strong matches (59)
daddydeacondeandiocesandododotardecclesiarcheldereldersemployerexarchfatherfather timefathersfogyforebearsforefathersfossilfoster fatherfounder
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fudfuddy duddyfuddy-duddygaffergeezergeneratorgenitorgolden-agergoodmangovernorgrampsgrand penitentiarygrandfathergrandfathersgrandparentsgrandsiregrannygraybeardguruhas beenhas-beenhierarchhigh priestholy fatherhusbandinventorliegeliege lordlonghairlord
Related words (97)
lord paramountmakermastermatriarchmelchizedek priesthoodmethuselahmetropolitanmid victorianmid-victorianmossbacknestornonagenarianoctogenarianold believerold chapold codgerold crockold dodoold dogold duffer
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old fogyold geezerold gentold gentlemanold linerold manold paarold partyold poopold timerold womanold-timerolderoldsteroriginatoroverlordpapadronepantaloonpappapapappyparamountpaterpaterfamiliaspatriarchspatronpenitentiarypontiffpoppopepopsprebendarypredecessorsprelatepresbyterpriestprimateprogenitorsrabbireactionaryrectorregular old fogyrelicrural deansahibseigneurseigniorsenior citizenseptuagenarianseventysexagenariansiresquarestaretsstepfathersubdeansuffraganteacherthe old manthe quiet-voiced elderstraditionalistvenerable sirveteranvicar
Adjective(1 words)
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More general
17 entriesMethuselahadult maleclericcreatorfatherforefathergraybeardgreybeardheadhead of householdleadermanold manoriginatorreligious leadersire
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More specific
8 entriesautocephalous patriarchclan patriarchdynastic founderecumenical patriarchhousehold patriarchinstitution foundernation buildertribal patriarch
Collocations
6 entriespatriarchal authoritypatriarchal familypatriarchal figurepatriarchal lineagepatriarchal systempatriarchate
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
3 entriesSample sentences
9 total sentences available.
In Istanbul, more than a dozen Orthodox men jumped into the frigid waters of the Golden Horn amid heavy rains in a ceremony led by Patriarch Bartholomew I.
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This refers specifically to the Biblical patriarch, the son of Abraham and father of Jacob.
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Ziri is our family's patriarch.
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