Crossword-Solution: PATRIARCH
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Patriarch | n. | The father and ruler of a family; one who governs his family or descendants by paternal right; -- usually applied to heads of families in ancient history, especially in Biblical and Jewish history to those who lived before the time of Moses. |
| Patriarch | n. | A dignitary superior to the order of archbishops; as, the patriarch of Constantinople, of Alexandria, or of Antioch. |
| Patriarch | n. | A venerable old man; an elder. Also used figuratively. |
We have 18 clues for the answer “PATRIARCH”
| Clue | Answers |
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| OLDEST living representative of a class | 1 answer |
| MATRIARCH (ant./male) | 1 answer |
| LIVING representative of a class, oldest | 1 answer |
| Mormon priest of high rank | 2 answers |
| Founder of a tradition, tribe, or trend | 3 answers |
| Forefather. | 14 answers |
| MONSIGNOR | 15 answers |
| HIS Holiness | 16 answers |
| Holy Father | 16 answers |
| inventor | 18 answers |
| Elder | 22 answers |
| prelate | 22 answers |
| older person | 25 answers |
| Creator | 26 answers |
| ancestor | 33 answers |
| Bishop | 44 answers |
| Generator | 63 answers |
| Heading | 80 answers |
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Sentences with PATRIARCH (5)
This brought him into immediate contact with the Western Patriarch, whose interests he henceforth advocated with so much zeal as to bring on him suspicion and persecution from the rulers of the Eastern Church.
The father of the Custom-House—the patriarch, not only of this little squad of officials, but, I am bold to say, of the respectable body of tide-waiters all over the United States—was a certain permanent Inspector.
This patriarch now presented himself before Hepzibah, clad in an old blue coat, which had a fashionable air, and must have accrued to him from the cast-off wardrobe of some dashing clerk.
Now and again some ancient patriarch of the woods, rent by a flashing bolt, would crash in a thousand pieces among the surrounding trees, carrying down numberless branches and many smaller neighbors to add to the tangled confusion of the tropical jungle.
Nevertheless, he heard a voice in his ear, which said, "The second time!" whereon he deemed that it was verily that same man: yet had he nought to do to lay hold on him, and he might not speak with him, for even therewith came the Abbot in garments all of gold, going a-foot under a canopy of baudekyn, with the precious mitre on his head, and the crozier borne before him, as if he had been a patriarch: for he was an exceeding mighty lord.
Quotes with PATRIARCH (3)
In 1054, the patriarch of Constantinople and the pope excommunicated each other. That was the end of holiness for both churches.
A neighbor once told me he had trouble with García Márquez’s novel because he likes to drink while he reads, and 'The Autumn of the Patriarch' gave him no space in which to take a sip of his beer.
I was sitting at the bar of the Hegira that night when Ginny came in. The barkeep, an ancient sad-eyed patriarch named Jose, had just poured me another drink, and I was having one of those rare moments any serious drunk can tell you about. A piece of real quiet. Jose's cheeks bristled because he didn't shave very often, and his apron was dingy because it didn't get washed very often, and his fingernails had little crescents of grime under them. The glass he poured for me wasn…