PATRIARCH (DISAMBIGUATION)

'Patriarch' can refer to:

★ Patriarch, the highest-ranking bishops of the autocephalous churches in Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Assyrian Church of the East

★ Patriarchs (Bible), prominent figures in the Hebrew scriptures, especially Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob

★ The leader of a patriarchy (system of power where males predominate)

★ Patriarch (Mormonism), the Melchizedek Priesthood office in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints that is called evangelist in the New Testament.

★ Patriarch (Buddhism), a title for a particular group of high ranking Buddhist monastics of various who are heads and successors to their respective sects (such as Bodhidharma of the Ch'an school).

★ Nasi, the head of the Supreme Court (Sanhedrin) of Israel from 191 BCE to 425 CE.

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See also

See also

★ Patriarchate

★ Matriarch, the corresponding female term to some of these senses