Word Meanings - PATRIARCH - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A dignitary superior to the order of archbishops; as, the patriarch of Constantinople, of Alexandria, or of Antioch. 3. A venerable old man; an elder. Also used figuratively. The patriarch hoary, the sage of his kith and the hamlet. Longfellow.

Additional info about word: PATRIARCH

A dignitary superior to the order of archbishops; as, the patriarch of Constantinople, of Alexandria, or of Antioch. 3. A venerable old man; an elder. Also used figuratively. The patriarch hoary, the sage of his kith and the hamlet. Longfellow. The monarch oak, the partiarch of trees. Dryde. (more info) 1. The father and ruler of a family; one who governs his family or descendants by paternal right; -- usually applied to heads of families in ancient history, especially in Biblical and Jewish history to those who lived before the time of Moses.

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• HAMLET
  A small village; a little cluster of houses in the country. The country wasted, and the hamlets burned. Dryden. Syn. -- Village; neighborhood. See Village. (more info) hameau, LL. hamellum, a dim. of German origin; cf. G. heim home. sq.
• ELDERLY
  Somewhat old; advanced beyond middle age; bordering on old age; as, elderly people.
• PATRIARCHATE
  A patriarchal form of government or society. See Patriarchal, a., 3. (more info) 1. The office, dignity, or jurisdiction of a patriarch. Jer. Taylor. 2. The residence of an ecclesiastic patriarch.
• PATRIARCHISM
  Government by a patriarch, or the head of a family.
• ELDERBERRY
  The berrylike drupe of the elder. That of the Old World elder and that of the American sweet elder are sweetish acid, and are eaten as a berry or made into wine.
• ELDER
  1. Older; more aged, or existing longer. Let the elder men among us emulate their own earlier deeds. Jowett 2. Born before another; prior in years; senior; earlier; older; as, his elder brother died in infancy; -- opposed to Ant: younger, and now
• ELDERN
  Made of elder. He would discharge us as boys do eldern guns. Marston.
• ALEXANDRIAN
  1. Of or pertaining to Alexandria in Egypt; as, the Alexandrian library. 2. Applied to a kind of heroic verse. See Alexandrine, n.
• ORDERLY
  1. Conformed to order; in order; regular; as, an orderly course or plan. Milton. 2. Observant of order, authority, or rule; hence, obedient; quiet; peaceable; not unruly; as, orderly children; an orderly community. 3. Performed in good
• PATRIARCHY
  1. The jurisdiction of a patriarch; patriarchship. Brerewood. 2. Government by a patriarch; patriarchism.
• SUPERIORLY
  In a superior position or manner.
• HOARY
  Of a pale silvery gray. (more info) 1. White or whitish."The hoary willows." Addison. 2. White or gray with age; hoar; as, hoary hairs. Reverence the hoary head. Dr. T. Dwight. 3. Hence, remote in time past; as, hoary antiquity. 4. Moldy; mossy;
• PATRIARCHSHIP
  A patriarchate. Ayliffe.
• SUPERIORITY
  The quality, state, or condition of being superior; as, superiority of rank; superiority in merit. Syn. -- Preëminence; excellence; predominancy; prevalence; ascendency; odds; advantage.
• ELDERWORT
  Danewort.
• DIGNITARY
  One who possesses exalted rank or holds a position of dignity or honor; especially, one who holds an ecclesiastical rank above that of a parochial priest or clergyman.
• ORDERLINESS
  The state or quality of being orderly.
• ORDER
  1. Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system; as: Of material things, like the books in a library. Of intellectual notions or ideas, like the topics of a discource. Of periods of time or
• ANTIOCHIAN
  1. Pertaining to Antiochus, a contemporary with Cicero, and the founder of a sect of philosophers. 2. Of or pertaining to the city of Antioch, in Syria. Antiochian epoch , a method of computing time, from the proclamation of liberty granted to
• ORDERING
  Disposition; distribution; management. South.
• IMBORDER
  To furnish or inclose with a border; to form a border of. Milton.
• MISORDER
  To order ill; to manage erroneously; to conduct badly. Shak.
• ACCORDER
  One who accords, assents, or concedes.
• DISELDER
  To deprive of an elder or elders, or of the office of an elder. Fuller.
• GELDER
  One who gelds or castrates.
• DISORDER
  1. Want of order or regular disposition; lack of arrangement; confusion; disarray; as, the troops were thrown into disorder; the papers are in disorder. 2. Neglect of order or system; irregularity. From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part, And
• YIELDER
  One who yields. Shak.
• MISORDERLY
  Irregular; disorderly.
• DISORDERLY
  Offensive to good morals and public decency; notoriously offensive; as, a disorderly house. Syn. -- Irregular; immethodical; confused; tumultuous; inordinate; intemperate; unruly; lawless; vicious. (more info) 1. Not in order; marked by disorder;
• SEA-BORDERING
  Bordering on the sea; situated beside the sea. Drayton.