Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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patriarch | Yes | No | No | No |
Nestorius | Yes | No | No | No |
patriarch (noun) | Nestorius (noun) |
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the male head of family or tribe | Syrian who was a Christian bishop and Patriarch of Constantinople in the early fifth century; one of the major heresies concerning the doctrine of the hypostasis of Christ was named after him (died in 451) |
any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race | |
title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem) | |
a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself |