patriarchate

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈpeɪtɹiɑːkət/|/ˈpætɹiɑːkət/    美 /ˈpeɪtɹiˌɑɹkət/|/ˈpeɪtɹiˌɑɹkeɪt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A patriarchal system or community.
    — The rise of the patriarchate saw the overpowering of the female goddess by the male god. The moon-god gave place to the sun-god. The tables were turned with a vengeance. Not only was the male granted a share in the phenomenon of generation; he was given the main share.
  2. 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.
  3. The office or ecclesial jurisdiction of such a patriarch.
    — The Patriarchate of Constantinople has primacy over the whole of the Orthodox world.
  4. The office-space occupied by a patriarch and his staff.
    — The Latin patriarchate in Jerusalem is, by modern standards, a very cramped space.

词形变化

patriarchates plural

词汇关系

相关词
matriarchate

词源

From Middle French patriarcat, from Old French patriarcat, from Medieval Latin patriarchatus, from Ancient Greek πατριάρχης (patriárkhēs, “patriarch”). By surface analysis, patriarch + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, the concrete charge of it, a body of people involved with it).
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