Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The office of a patriarch.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A patriarchate.
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- noun
Office of a patriarch.
Etymologies
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Examples
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There had come, as the years went by, a few recruits; but faces were missing: the two Tabors had gone, and Uncle Joe Davey could no longer lay claim to the patriarchship; he had laid it down with a half-sigh and gone his way.
The Conquest of Canaan Booth Tarkington 1907
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There had come, as the years went by, a few recruits; but faces were missing: the two Tabors had gone, and Uncle Joe Davey could no longer lay claim to the patriarchship; he had laid it down with a half-sigh and gone his way.
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“Ecclesiastical power (saith the Archbishop of Spalato (1053)) may appoint and convocate councils; but yet the ecclesiastical power itself cannot, with any effect or working, compel bishops, especially if the bishops of another province, or kingdom, or patriarchship, be to be convocated.
The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) George Gillespie 1630
hernesheir commented on the word patriarchship
Like dachshund, and Shalom Achshav (Israeli peace movement), patriarchship contains the string -chsh-. Can anyone supply me with other examples containing this string?
December 11, 2010
fbharjo commented on the word patriarchship
churchship
December 11, 2010
fbharjo commented on the word patriarchship
also torchship after the science fiction matter-to-energy spaceship of the Heinlein SF novel of 1950 'Farmer in the Sky.'
December 11, 2010
hernesheir commented on the word patriarchship
Thanks, fbharjo!
December 11, 2010