patriarchate

English

Etymology

From Middle French patriarcat, from Old French patriarcat, from Medieval Latin patriarchatus, from Ancient Greek πατριάρχης (patriárkhēs, “patriarch”); surface analysis patriarch +‎ -ate.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpeɪtɹiɑːkət/, /ˈpætɹiɑːkət/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpeɪtɹiˌɑɹkət/, /ˈpeɪtɹiˌɑɹkeɪt/

Noun

patriarchate (plural patriarchates)

(Christianity) The term of office of a Christian patriarch.
The patriarchate of Pope John Paul II as Patriarch of the West was more than 25 years.
The office or ecclesial jurisdiction of such a patriarch.
The Patriarchate of Constantinople has primacy over the whole of the Orthodox world.
The office-space occupied by a patriarch and his staff.
The Latin patriarchate in Jerusalem is, by modern standards, a very cramped space.

Usage notes

(political science, politics): This term would describe a kind of polity.

Translations

term of office

Finnish: patriarkaatti (fi)
Galician: patriarcado m
Swedish: patriarkat (sv) n

office or ecclesial jurisdiction

Albanian: please add this translation if you can
Arabic: بَطْرِيَرْكِيَّة‎ f (baṭriyarkiyya)
Belarusian: патрыярхат m (patryjarxat), патрыярхія f (patryjarxija)
Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 宗主教區／宗主教区 (zōngzhǔjiàoqū)
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: patriarkaatti (fi)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
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Latvian: please add this translation if you can
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Polish: patriarchat (pl) m
Romanian: patriarhat (ro) n, patriarhie (ro) f
Russian: патриархат (ru) m (patriarxat), патриархия (ru) f (patriarxija)
Slovak: please add this translation if you can
Swedish: patriarkat (sv) n
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Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

office space

Finnish: patriarkaatti (fi)
Swedish: patriarkat (sv) n