TubeTalkTubeTalk Pronunciation
How to pronounce “patriarch”
Hear “patriarch” in real YouTube speech, then study definitions and example sentence snippets.
Pronunciation guide for patriarch
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of patriarch with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Introduction to Chan Meditation
He's the first Chinese patriarch in Mahayana.
- Definition summary
- (Christianity) 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. [from 9th c.]
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce patriarch
Introduction to Chan Meditation
He's the first Chinese patriarch in Mahayana.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “patriarch”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (Christianity) 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. [from 9th c.]
- (biblical) A male leader of a family, tribe or ethnic group, especially one of the twelve sons of Jacob (considered to have created the twelve tribes of Israel) or (in plural) Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. [from 13th c.]
- A founder of a political or religious movement, an organization or an enterprise. [from 16th c.]
- An old leader of a village or community.
- 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.
Practice Nearby Words
paterfamilias, head of household, graybeard, patriarchate, patriarchal, patriarchy, tso, father, sire, progenitor, forefather, elder, chief, master, ruler, lord, ancestor, founder, headman, chieftain, leader, pope, doyen, grandfather, primate, bishop, catholicos, episcopant, katholikos, pontiff, prothonotary, patriarchist, pontifex, ecclesiarch, patriarchal church, eparchy, protopapas, vicar of christ, maphrian, bishop of rome, patrist, ecumenical patriarch, vicar apostolic, papa, autonomy, patritian, metropolis, eparchate, protosyncellus, papalist, hieromartyr, episcopate, papisher, patripassianist, church father, coenobiarch, patrician, cardinal bishop, holy synod, patriciate, his eminence, patricianship, patricianhood, papist, all holiness, monepiscopacy, photian, byzantine patriarch, patripassian, phanar, presbyter, patricianism, monopatrism, cenobiarch, papalism, syriarch, polemarch, titular church, hegumenos, great church, priest-king, pentarchy, protospatharius, titular bishop, stauropegion, holy father, perfectus, priestianity, presbytery, patrocinium, catholicosate, vardapet, heresiarch, cathedra, pastoral, wardapet, acephali, regionarius, basilica, archidiaconate
Similar Sounds
patriarch, patriarchy, patriarchs, petrarch, patriarca, patriotic, matriarch, patriarchal, patriarchate, patriarchic, patria, peter parker, pet rock, petrarca, waterpark, water park, watermark, pastry cook, patrick, patriot, petrichor, patric, patrik, matriarchy, patroller, poudrier, petrovic, patriate, petrich, petrick, matriarchs, petrea, petrik, patriote, potrero, patrial, pdr, pittoresque, patriota