DICTIONARY ENTRY
3 SYLLABLES
patriarch
/'peɪtri,ɑrk/ · peɪtriɑrk
Patriarch has 3 syllables: pa · tri · arch.
pa
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tri
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arch
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noun. The male head of family or tribe.
noun. A man who is older and higher in rank than yourself.
noun. Any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race.
noun. Title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem).
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