Synonyms of patriarch from BoostVocab

patriarch

/'peɪtri,ɑrk/

noun
the male head of family or tribe
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paterfamilias

type of:
man head of household adult male
noun
a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself
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methuselah graybeard old man greybeard
noun
any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race
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sire father forefather
noun
title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem)
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type of:
spiritual leader

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