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Patriarchates
noun
Word Frequency:
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Definitions
1.
noun
The term of office of a Christian patriarch.
"The patriarchate of Pope John Paul II as Patriarch of the West was more than 25 years."
2.
noun
The office or ecclesial jurisdiction of such a patriarch.
"The Patriarchate of Constantinople has primacy over the whole of the Orthodox world."
3.
noun
The office-space occupied by a patriarch and his staff.
"The Latin patriarchate in Jerusalem is, by modern standards, a very cramped space."
Synonyms
patriarchy
patriarch
archdiocese
patriarchal
exarchate
uniate
autocephalous
eparchy
nestorian
schismatics
intercommunion
uniate church
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