patriarch

Patriarch

A male leader of a family, tribe or ethnic group, especially one of the twelve sons of Jacob (considered to have created the twelve tribes of Israel) or (in plural) Abraham, Isaac and Jacob

Patriarch

A founder of a political or religious movement, an organization or an enterprise

Patriarch

The highest form of bishop, in the ancient world having authority over other bishops in the province but now generally as an honorary title; in Roman Catholicism, considered a bishop second only to the Pope in rankselten

Patriarch

An old leader of a village or communityselten

Patriarch

The male progenitor of a genetic or tribal line, or of a clan or extended familyselten

Patriarch

The male head of a household or nuclear familyselten

Patriarch

A shade of purpleselten