patriarchate
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Middle French patriarcat, from Old French patriarcat, from Medieval Latin patriarchatus, from Ancient Greek πατριάρχης (patriárkhēs, “patriarch”). By surface analysis, patriarch + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, the concrete charge of it, a body of people involved with it).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpeɪtɹiɑːkət/, /ˈpætɹiɑːkət/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpeɪtɹiˌɑɹkət/, /ˈpeɪtɹiˌɑɹkeɪt/
Noun
[edit]patriarchate (plural patriarchates)
- (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.
- The office or ecclesial jurisdiction of such a patriarch.
- The Patriarchate of Constantinople has primacy over the whole of the Orthodox world.
- The office-space occupied by a patriarch and his staff.
- The Latin patriarchate in Jerusalem is, by modern standards, a very cramped space.
Usage notes
[edit](political science, politics): This term would describe a kind of polity.
Translations
[edit]term of office
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office or ecclesial jurisdiction
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office space
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See also
[edit]Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Middle French
- English terms derived from Middle French
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Medieval Latin
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English terms suffixed with -ate (rank or office)
- English 4-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
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