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Patriarch (disambiguation)
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Patriarch can refer to:

  • Patriarch, the highest-ranking bishops of the autocephalous churches in Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Assyrian Church of the East
  • Patriarchs (Bible), prominent figures in the Hebrew scriptures, especially Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
  • The leader of a patriarchy (system of power where males predominate)
  • Patriarch (Mormonism), the Melchizedek Priesthood office in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints that is called evangelist in the New Testament
  • Patriarch (Buddhism), a title for a particular group of high ranking Buddhist monastics of various who are heads and successors to their respective sects (such as Bodhidharma of the Ch'an school)
  • Nasi, the head of the Supreme Court (Sanhedrin) of Israel from 191 BCE to 425 CE.

  • Kzinti Patriarch

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