patriarchs

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem)
  2. noun the male head of family or tribe
  3. noun any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race

Synonyms

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