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Patriarch is the highest rank of bishop of the autocephalous churches in Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, some Eastern Catholic Churches ''sui iuris'' and the Assyrian Church of the East; and the highest rank attached to a see under the Pope of Rome in the Latin Catholic church. Patriarch may also refer to: * Patriarchs (Bible), prominent figures in the Hebrew scriptures, especially Abraham, Isaac and Jacob * Patriarch, the leader of a patriarchy * Patriarch (Latter Day Saints), the Melchizedek Priesthood office in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints * Patriarch (Buddhism), a historic teacher who transferred the teachings * ''Patriarch'' (magazine), a defunct American magazine that espoused Biblical patriarchy * Patriarch, a character in the video game ''Killing Floor'' * ''Patriarch'', the sailing ship used to transport the Whitbread Engine == See also == * (patriarch-)Catholicos * Patriarchate, the see and jurisdiction of an ecclesiastical Patriarch * Nasi or Patriarch of the Jews, the head of the Sanhedrin of Israel from 191 BCE to 425 CE * Kzinti Patriarch, a fictional character in Larry Niven's Known Space series * Supreme Patriarch or Sangharaja, a title given to senior Theravada Buddhist monks * Patriarchalism, a seventeenth century political theory of absolute monarchy in England * Matriarch (disambiguation), the corresponding female term to some of these senses 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Patriarch (disambiguation)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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