patriarch

patriarch

1. patriarkka

Liittyvät sanat: matriarch

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patriarch

patriarkka, antediluviaaninen patriarkka, esi-isä, isä, Jaakob, mies, aikuinen mies, ukko, naavaparta, harmaaparta, metusalemi, patu, perheenpää.

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Englannin sanakirja

patriarch (englanti > suomi)

1. patriarkka

patriarch englanniksi

1. puhekieltä 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. (defdate)

2. In Biblical contexts, 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. (defdate)

3. 1526, (w), trans. Bible, Acts II:

Men and brethren, lett me frely speake unto you of the patriarke David: For he is both deed and buryed, and his sepulcre remayneth with us unto this daye.

4. A founder of a political or religious movement, an organization or an enterprise. (defdate)

5. An old leader of a village or community.

6. 1819, s:Author:Washington Irving|Washington Irving, s:The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon|The Sketch Book, “s:The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon/Rip Van Winkle|Rip Van Winkle”:

The opinions of this junto were completely controlled by Nicholas Vedder, a patriarch of the village, and landlord of the inn, at the door of which he took his seat from morning to night, just moving sufficiently to (..) keep in the shade of a large tree; (..)

7. The male head of a tribal line or family.

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