āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
patriarch
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Patriarch
01
āĻĒāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻˇ, āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨
a powerful or respected man who serves as the head of a family or tribe
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
In the household, the patriarch was the ultimate authority, making important decisions that shaped the direction of the family's future.
āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§, āĻĒāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻˇ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ, āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¯āĻž āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻāĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯āĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻļāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻĒāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻˇ, āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻŦā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻĨāĻŽāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻŦ āĻāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻĒāĻŋāĻ¤āĻž āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸āĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ
any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race
03
āĻĒāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻˇ, āĻ āĻ°ā§āĻĨā§āĻĄāĻā§āĻ¸ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻˇ
title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem)
04
āĻĒāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻˇ, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŦā§āĻŖ
a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
patriarchal
patriarchic
patriarch
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
