Patriarchate Synonyms

pātrē-ärkĭt, -kāt
A form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. patriarchy

Words Related to Patriarchate

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. exarchate
  2. Sourozh
  3. rocor
  4. patriarch
  5. Carpatho-Russian

Patriarchate Sentence Examples

  • The patriarchate was abolished and its jurisdiction transferred by a council at St Petersburg in 1721 to a Holy Governing Synod.

  • This he did during fourteen years, and his administration was signalized by two important innovations - the attaching of the peasants to the land (adscriptio glebae) and the creation of the patriarchate - both of which deserve a passing notice.

  • In order to prevent such incidents in future, Peter the Great abolished the patriarchate altogether, and entrusted the administration of the Church to a synod entirely dependent on the government.

  • With him the importance of the Palestinian patriarchate attained its zenith.

  • The Cretan Church is not, strictly speaking, autocephalous, being dependent on the patriarchate of Constantinople.

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