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patriarch

美音:[´peıtrı´ɑ:k ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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n.家长,族长,创办人,最年长者

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patr=father(父)

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patriarch


/'peɪtrɪɑ:k; `petrɪ,ɑrk/
n
1 male head of a family or tribe (男性)家长, 族长. Cf 参看 matriarch.
2 Patriarch (in the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches) high-ranking bishop (东正教和天主教的)牧首, 宗主教.
3 old man who is greatly respected 极受尊敬的年老男子.

patriarch


n[C]
[Date: 1100-1200; Language: Old French;Origin: patriarche, from Late Latin, from Greek, from patria 'family' + -arches 'ruler']
an old man who is respected as the head of a family or tribe
matriarch
a bishop in the early Christian church
a bishop of the Orthodox Christian churches who is very high in rank