patriarch

patriarch is a 9-letter English word with 7 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 17 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. 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.
2. noun. A dignitary superior to the order of archbishops; as, the patriarch of Constantinople, of Alexandria, or of Antioch.
3. noun. A venerable old man; an elder. Also used figuratively.
4. noun. a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself
5. noun. any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race
6. noun. the male head of family or tribe

   Synonyms: paterfamilias

7. noun. title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem)

Synonyms

paterfamilias

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in patriarch:

phratriac

Common word forms

patriarchs, patriarchal, patriarched

Words from these letters

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