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patriarch/ˈpeitriɑ:k/n. 1 a man who is the head of a family or tribe (男性)家长；族长 2 (often in pl. 常用复数) Bibl. any of those regarded as fathers of the human race, esp. the sons of Jacob, or Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and their forefathers 【圣经】(人类的)祖先(尤指雅各的儿子们或亚伯拉罕、以撒、雅各及其祖先) 3 Eccl. 【教会】a the title of a chief bishop, esp. those presiding over the Churches of Antioch, Alexandria, Constantinople, and (formerly) Rome; now also the title of the heads of certain autocephalous Orthodox Churches 大主教(尤指在安条克、亚历山大德里亚、君士坦丁堡和旧时罗马的主教；现指某些自治东正教的教首) b (in the Roman Catholic Church) a bishop ranking next above primates and metropolitans, and immediately below the Pope (天主教中仅次于教皇的)大主教 c the head of a Uniate community (东仪天主教的)牧首 4a the founder of an order, science, etc. (某教团、学派等的)创始人；鼻祖 b a venerable old man 年长者，德高望重的人 c the oldest member of a group (一群人中的)最年长者 □ patriarchal /-ˈɑ:k(ə)l/ adj.□ patriarchally /-ˈɑ:k(ə)li/ adv.[Middle English via Old French patriarche and ecclesiastical Latin patriarcha from Greek patriarkhēs, via patria ‘family’ from patēr ‘father’ + -arkhēs ‘-ruler’] |