patriarch
noun[C]
uk/ˈpeɪ.tri.ɑːk/us/ˈpeɪ.tri.ɑːrk/patriarchnoun[C](RELIGION)
abishopincertainEasternChurches
（基督教某些东派教会的）牧首，最高级主教，教长Religious leaders & officials
- anti-papal
- apostolic
- archbishop
- archbishopric
- archdeacon
- clerical
- confessor
- curacy
- curate
- minister
- ministry
- muezzin
- mullah
- non-clerical
- priestly
- primate
- rabbi
- rabbinical
- rector
- the Dalai Lama
patriarchnoun[C](SOCIETY)
themaleleaderof afamily
（男性）家长，族长Compare
matriarch
Family: relations in general
- anti-family
- aunt
- auntie
- baby daddy
- biologically
- father
- fatherhood
- filial
- first cousin
- fraternal
- kinship
- kinsman
- kinswoman
- kith and kin
- long-lost
- relative
- removed
- second cousin
- sib
- sibling