patriarch has definitions from the fields of Old Testament,religion
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[ noun ] (Old Testament) any of the early Biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race
2
[ noun ] the head of family or tribe

Related terms

man head head_of_household

3
[ noun ] (religion) title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem)

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spiritual_leader nestorius

4
[ noun ] a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself

Synonyms

graybeard

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old_man

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