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n. The territory, rule, or rank of a patriarch.

n. See patriarchy.

n. The term of office of a Christian patriarch.

n. The office or ecclesial jurisdiction of such a patriarch.

n. The office-space occupied by a patriarch and his staff.

n. The office, dignity, or jurisdiction of a patriarch.

n. The residence of an ecclesiastic patriarch.

n. A patriarchal form of government or society. See Patriarchal, a., 3.

n. The office, dignity, or status of a patriarch; also, the period of office of a patriarch.

n. The residence of a patriarch.

n. The community or province under the jurisdiction of a patriarch.

n. A patriarchy or patriarchal community.

n. The state of social organization, in which the child is a member of the social division to which its father belongs.

n. a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line

n. the jurisdiction of a patriarch

"The whole southwest of Jerusalem around their patriarchate is the "Armenian quarter"."

social structure    structure    social organisation    social system    social organization    jurisdiction   

patriarchal   

exarchate    nominator    camarilla    apparat    ss-18s    symbology    accompli    seate    minus    wrongdoer