patriarchate

English

Etymology

From Middle French patriarcat, from Old French patriarcat, from Medieval Latin patriarchatus, from Ancient Greek πατριάρχης (patriárkhēs, “patriarch”). By surface analysis, patriarch +‎ -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, the concrete charge of it, a body of people involved with it).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpeɪtɹiɑːkət/, /ˈpætɹiɑːkət/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpeɪtɹiˌɑɹkət/, /ˈpeɪtɹiˌɑɹkeɪt/

Noun

patriarchate (plural patriarchates)

1. (Christianity) The term of office of a Christian patriarch.

   The patriarchate of Pope John Paul II as Patriarch of the West was more than 25 years.

2. The office or ecclesial jurisdiction of such a patriarch.

   The Patriarchate of Constantinople has primacy over the whole of the Orthodox world.

3. The office-space occupied by a patriarch and his staff.

   The Latin patriarchate in Jerusalem is, by modern standards, a very cramped space.

Usage notes

(political science, politics): This term would describe a kind of polity.

Translations

term of office

• Finnish: patriarkaatti (fi)
• Galician: patriarcado m
• Swedish: patriarkat (sv) n

office or ecclesial jurisdiction

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• Arabic: بَطْرِيَرْكِيَّة f (baṭriyarkiyya)
• Belarusian: патрыярхат m (patryjarxat), патрыярхія f (patryjarxija)
• Bulgarian: патриа́ршия f (patriáršija)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 宗主教區 / 宗主教区 (zōngzhǔjiàoqū)

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• Finnish: patriarkaatti (fi)
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• Polish: patriarchat (pl) m
• Romanian: patriarhat (ro) n, patriarhie (ro) f
• Russian: патриархат (ru) m (patriarxat), патриархия (ru) f (patriarxija)
• Slovak: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: patriarkat (sv) n
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• Urdu: بَطرِیقی f (batrīqī)

office space

• Bulgarian: патриа́ршия f (patriáršija)
• Finnish: patriarkaatti (fi)
• Swedish: patriarkat (sv) n

See also

• matriarchate