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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'patriarchate' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions patriarchate 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. The ecclesial jurisdiction of such a patriarch. The Eucumenical Patriarch has jurisdiction over the whole of the Orthodox world. The office-space occupied by a patriarch and his staff. The Latin patriarchate in Jerusalem is, by modern standards, a very cramped space. Etymology: Greek -patros + -archy        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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