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• n  title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem)
• n  the male head of family or tribe
• n  any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race
• n  a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself

• Acharya Rajnish was the patriarch of a cult that at one time claimed millions of followers worldwide.
• Every good college has its Grand Old Man, its patriarch.
• The Senate's patriarch last week had a birthday.

• paterfamilias

News & Articles

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• Former Bulldog Tereshinski Sr. dies at 89
  Joe Tereshinski Sr., the patriarch of a family that proudly wore the Georgia football uniform for three generations and still remains synonymous with the program, died Sunday morning. He was 89.
  June 11, 2013 - Athens Banner-Herald
• Georgia football great Joe Tereshinski Sr.,dies at 89
  ATHENS, Ga. -- Joe Tereshinski Sr., the patriarch of a family that proudly wore the Georgia football uniform for three generations , died Sunday. He was 89.
  June 11, 2013 - The Augusta Chronicle
• Sun Devil Summer School: The Early Legends - Wilford "Whizzer" White
  The patriarch of Sun Devil royalty closes out the Early Legends course of Sun Devil Summer School
  June 10, 2013 - KTVK 3TV Phoenix

Quotes

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• Harry Reid in Los Angeles Times
  The Kennedy family and the Senate family have together lost our patriarch,Harry Reid, the Senate's Democratic leader, said in a statement.
• Barack Obama in The Canberra Times
  It makes more sense to me,Ms Obama says. "If the patriarch in our lineage was Fraser, a shoemaker with one arm, an entrepreneur, someone who was able to own property, and with sheer effort and determination was able to build a life in this...
• Pope Benedict XVI in USA Today
  By calling the patriarch of the Chaldean Church to enter into the College of Cardinals, I wanted to express in a concrete way my spiritual closeness and my affectionto Iraq's Christians, Benedict said to applause.