Patriarchate is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for PATRIARCHATE in dictionary:

NOUN:
• the office of a patriarch
• the office, see, or residence of an ecclesiastical patriarch
• The office, dignity, or jurisdiction of a patriarch.
• The residence of an ecclesiastic patriarch.
• A patriarchal form of government or society. See Patriarchal, a., 3.
• the jurisdiction of a patriarch
• a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• the office, jurisdiction, or time in office of a patriarch; the residence or headquarters of a patriarch

Words related to PATRIARCHATE

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Words that contain PATRIARCHATE

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How to use PATRIARCHATE in a sentence

• He was a layman at the time of his appointment, but in six days he passed through the inferior orders which led up to the patriarchate.
• The days of the spiritual domination of the Greek patriarchate were numbered.
• In 927 Rome recognized the kingdom and patriarchate of Bulgaria, and Peter was duly crowned by the Papal legate.
• Up to 1864 the Rumanian Church was subordinate to the Patriarchate of Constantinople.
• He introduced the contemplative school and also the institution of the Patriarchate, which for a time had some importance.
• Illyria formed part of the Patriarchate of Rome, and Latin became the official language throughout the Peninsula, save in the extreme south and south-east coast-line.
• He found the Romish Church stronger than he had expected, having a Papal-Syrian patriarchate just established within the city.
• The independence of the Bulgarian church was recognized by the patriarchate, a fact much dwelt upon in recent controversies.
• The patriarchate at length found it necessary to offer some concessions, but these appeared illusory to the Bulgarians, and long and acrimonious discussions followed.
• Bishoprics, and even the patriarchate were sold to the highest bidder.
• The Turks displayed their contempt for them by ordering the cross which until that time had crowned the dome of the belfry of the patriarchate to be taken down.

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