See also:

• PATRIARCH (M.E. and O. Fr. patriarche, Lat. patriarcha, Gr. aarpuipxtis, from srarptu., clan, and apxil, rule)

PATRIARCH (M.E. and O. Fr. patriarche, See also:

• LAT

Lat. patriarcha, Gr. aarpuipxtis, from srarptu., See also:

• CLAN (Gaelic clann, O. Ir. cland, connected with Lat. planta, shoot or scion, the ancient Gaelic or Goidelic substituting k for p)

clan, and apxil, See also:

• RULE

rule)  , originally the See also:

• FATHER

father or See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of a tribe, in this sense now used more especially of the " patriarchs " of the Old Testament, i.e . See also:

• ABRAHAM, or ABRAM (Hebrew for " father is high ")

Abraham, See also:

• ISAAC (Hebrew for " he laughs," on explanatory references to the name, see ABRAHAM)

Isaac and See also:

• JACOB
• JACOB, JOHN (1812-1858)

Jacob, with their forefathers, and the twelve sons of Jacob . In See also:

• LATE

late Jewish See also:

• HISTORY

history the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title " See also:

• PATRIARCH (M.E. and O. Fr. patriarche, Lat. patriarcha, Gr. aarpuipxtis, from srarptu., clan, and apxil, rule)

patriarch " (Heb. n¢si, See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince, chief) was given to the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the sanhedrim in See also:

• PALESTINE

Palestine, and is sometimes, though wrongly, applied to the " See also:

• EXILARCH

exilarch," a head of the Jewish See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college at See also:

• BABYLON (mod. Hillah)

Babylon . In the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early centuries of the See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church the designation " patriarch " was applied, like " See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

archbishop," to bishops of the more important See also:

• SEES

sees as a merely honorary See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style . It See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed into a title implying See also:

• JURISDICTION
• JURISDICTION, CRIMINAL LAW, DIVORCE

jurisdiction over metropolitans, partly as a result of the organization of the See also:

• EMPIRE

empire into " dioceses," partly owing to the ambition of the greater See also:

• METROPOLITAN (Lat. metropolitanus, Gr. µnrpoiroXtrns)

metropolitan bishops, which had early led them to claim and exercise authority in neighbouring metropolitanates . At the See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

Council of See also:

• CHALCEDON
• CHALCEDON, COUNCIL OF

Chalcedon (451) the patriarchs still See also:

• BORE

bore the title of " See also:

• EXARCH (EEapxos, a chief person or leader)

exarch "; it was not till the 7th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century that that of " patriarch " was fixed as proper to the bishops of See also:

• CONSTANTINOPLE
• CONSTANTINOPLE, COUNCILS OF

Constantinople, See also:

• ALEXANDRIA
• ALEXANDRIA (Arab. Iskenderia)

Alexandria, See also:

• ANTIOCH

Antioch and See also:

• JERUSALEM (Heb. ^S0-r, Yerushalaim, pronounced as a dual)
• JERUSALEM, SYNOD OF (1672)

Jerusalem, " exarch " being reserved for those of See also:

• EPHESUS
• EPHESUS, COUNCIL OF

Ephesus and Caesarea, who had fallen to a See also:

• LOWER

lower See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank . In the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West the only patriarch in the fully developed sense of the Eastern Church has been the See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, who is patriarch as well as See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

pope .