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- Patriarchal - a. - Of or pertaining to a patriarch or to patriarchs; possessed by, or subject to, patriarchs; as, patriarchal authority or jurisdiction; a patriarchal see; a patriarchal church.
- Patriarchal - a. - Characteristic of a patriarch; venerable.
- Patriarchal - a. - Having an organization of society and government in which the head of the family exercises authority over all its generations.
- Patriarchal - a. - Of or pertaining to a patriarch or to patriarchs; possessed by, or subject to, patriarchs; as, patriarchal authority or jurisdiction; a patriarchal see; a patriarchal church.
- Autocephalous - a. - Having its own head; independent of episcopal or patriarchal jurisdiction, as certain Greek churches.
- Patriarchate - n. - A patriarchal form of government or society. See Patriarchal, a., 3.
- Teraphim - n. pl. - Images connected with the magical rites used by those Israelites who added corrupt practices to the patriarchal religion. Teraphim were consulted by the Israelites for oracular answers.