名詞 patriarch:

1. title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem)
2. the male head of family or tribe
   同義詞：paterfamilias
3. any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race
4. a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself

1. A biblical patriarch said to have lived969 years.
   瑪士撒拉基督教圣經(jīng)中人物，據(jù)傳享年969歲
2. In the Old Testament, the patriarch who was chosen by God to build an ark, in which he, his family, and a pair of every animal were saved from the Flood.
   諾亞在舊約圣經(jīng)中，被上帝選去建造方舟的大主教，借此方舟，諾亞、其家人以及每種動物的一對，在世界大水中保全了性命
3. The patriarch of the herd.
   群眾里年高德劭的人
4. Her patriarch is strict with her.
   她的家長對她要求很嚴。

pa.tri.arch

n.（名詞）
A man who rules a family, clan, or tribe.
家長，族長，酋長：統(tǒng)治家庭、家族或部落的男子
In the Old Testament:
祖先：在《舊約》中：
One of the antediluvian progenitors of the human race, from Adam to Noah.
祖先：在太古時代的從亞當?shù)街Z亞的人類祖先之一
Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, or any of Jacob`s 2 sons, the eponymous progenitors of the 2 tribes of Israel.
祖先：亞伯拉罕、以撒、雅各和雅各的十二個兒子等人，是以色列十二個部落的祖先
Used formerly as a title for the bishops of Rome, Constantinople, Jerusalem, Antioch, and Alexandria.
宗主教：以前用作羅馬、君士坦丁堡、安提阿克、耶路撒冷和亞歷山大的主教稱號
Roman Catholic Church A bishop who holds the highest episcopal rank after the pope.
【羅馬天主教】 （羅馬天主教中）大主教，教皇：職位僅次于教皇的名譽主教
Eastern Orthodox Church Any one of the bishops of the sees of Constantinople, Antioch, Alexandria, Moscow, and Jerusalem who has authority over other bishops.
【東正教】 （東正教中）總主教，教長：君士坦丁堡、安提阿克、亞歷山大、莫斯科和耶路撒冷的東正教的精神領袖，對其他主教具有管轄權
Judaism The head of the Sanhedrin in Syrian Palestine from about 80b.c. to a.d. 429.
【猶太教】 （古猶太人法庭）執(zhí)行主席：大約公元前 80年到 公元 429年敘利亞人的巴勒斯坦的古猶太高等參議院和法庭的執(zhí)行主席
Mormon Church A high dignitary of the priesthood empowered to invoke blessings.
【摩門教】 （摩門教）高地位的教士：一種具有較高職位的教士職位，有權祈求福佑
One who is regarded as the founder or original head of an enterprise, an organization, or a tradition.
創(chuàng)始人：被作為某一企業(yè)、組織或傳統(tǒng)的創(chuàng)建者或最初首領的人
A very old, venerable man; an elder.
最年長者：德高望重的人；長者
The oldest member of a group:
元老：一個群體中最年長的成員：
例句：
the patriarch of the herd.
群眾里年高德劭的人

來源：
Middle English patriarche
中古英語 patriarche
from Old French
源自 古法語
from Late Latin patriarcha
源自 后期拉丁語 patriarcha
from Greek patriarkhôs
源自 希臘語 patriarkhôs
patria [lineage] from patôr patr- [father] * see p…ter-
patria [血統(tǒng)，族系] 源自 patôr patr- [父親] *參見 p…ter-
-arkhôs [-arch]
-arkhôs [后綴，.主要的.]