PATRIARCHATE

Patriarchate

A patriarchate is the office or jurisdiction of a patriarch. A patriarch, as the term is used here, is either

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patriarchate

Noun

  1. 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.
  2. The office or ecclesial jurisdiction of such a patriarch.
    The Patriarchate of Constantinople has primacy over the whole of the Orthodox world.
  3. The office-space occupied by a patriarch and his staff.
    The Latin patriarchate in Jerusalem is, by modern standards, a very cramped space.


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