patriarchate

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noun

Plural noun:

patriarchates

1.
A patriarchal system or community.
2.
(Christianity) The term of office of a Christian patriarch.
The patriarchate of Pope John Paul II as Patriarch of the West was more than 25 years.
3.
The office or ecclesial jurisdiction of such a patriarch.
The Patriarchate of Constantinople has primacy over the whole of the Orthodox world.
4.
The office-space occupied by a patriarch and his staff.
The Latin patriarchate in Jerusalem is, by modern standards, a very cramped space.

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From Middle French patriarcat, from Old French patriarcat, from patriarchatus, from Ancient Greek πατριάρχης (patriarch). patriarch.