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/ˈpeɪtɹiˌɑɹkət/
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NOUN
- a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line
- the jurisdiction of a patriarch
How To Use patriarchate In A Sentence
- Today there are sixteen separate Orthodox churches and patriarchates.
- Many of these martyrs had opposed the patriarchate's policy of accommodation with the Soviet regime.
- He hath made a code to shorten the law; he hath put out all the ancient commanders of castles that were become hereditary; he hath made all the fryers subject to the bishops, which before were only subject to Rome, and so were hardly the King's subjects, and that none shall become 'religieux' but at such an age, which he thinks will in a few, years ruin the Pope, and bring France into a patriarchate. Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete 1667 N.S.
- The Delegation of the Ecumenical Patriarchate then accompanied His Beatitude and His entourage to the Conrad Hotel, where they will be staying for the duration of their visit.
- As churchman, he upheld ecclesiastical discipline in Italy and Dalmatia, maintained authority in the vicariate of Illyricum, restructured the dioceses of his dwindling patriarchate, and laboured to convert Jews and pagan rustics.
- From 1523 until his elevation to the cardinalate in 1528, Marino lived in Venice, where he could manage the affairs of the patriarchate of Aquileia.
- Local parishes across the country have raised funds to rebuild and restore churches destroyed by the Soviets, with some support from the Moscow patriarchate.
- In 1100 that patriarchate was divided into five archdeaconries, of which Krain was one. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent
- Shortly after, Bulgaria established its own patriarchate, independent of the Eastern Orthodox Church in Constantinople.
- The whole southwest of Jerusalem around their patriarchate is the "Armenian quarter". The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent
