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patriarchate|ˈpeɪtrɪɑːkət|
[ad. med.L. patriarchātus, in F. patriarcat (c 1500 in Hatz.-Darm.), It. patriarcato: see -ate1.]
1. The office, dignity, or jurisdiction of an ecclesiastical patriarch.
1617Moryson Itin. i. 76 After that the Patriarchate of Aquilegia in Histria, was by the Popes authority translated thither. 1640R. Baillie Canterb. Self-Convict. (1641) 41 His ancient right to the patriarchat of the whole Isle of Britaine. 1709J. Johnson Clergym. Vade M. ii. p. lxxxv, 'Tis the prevailing opinion that at the time of the Synod of Nice Patriarchates were not set up. 1885[see patriarch 3]. 1895Daily News 11 Feb. 6/3 Mardin (the modern seat of the Syrian Patriarchate).
b. The province or see of a patriarch.
1640R. Baillie Canterb. Self-Convict. 36 They will have us to believe..that within the bounds of his owne Patriarchat he [the pope] is a prince. 1681Baxter Answ. Dodwell 140 [He] forbad the Orthodox to Preach in his Patriarchate. 1875Merivale Gen. Hist. Rome lxxiv. (1877) 610 The great Eastern patriarchates of Antioch, Alexandria, and Jerusalem had all held themselves equal or superior to Rome.
c. The residence of a patriarch; the administrative office or official staff of a patriarch.
1860All Year Round No. 73. 537 Leaving the Armenian patriarchate, you perceive, in a narrow lane to the right, the remnant of an old wall. 1897Daily News 13 July 5/4 It appears the Patriarchate was unwilling to make any representations to the Porte.
2. The rank or authority of a patriarch of a tribe; a patriarchal system; = patriarchy 2.
1651–3Jer. Taylor Serm. of Year i. xvii. 220 To have great families, that their own relations might swell up to a Patriarchat, and their children be enough to possesse all the regions that they saw. 1727De Foe Syst. Magic i. iv. (1840) 98 An ark for every family, or patriarchate, or tribe. 1856Olmsted Slave States 87 Never two dwellings of mankind within sight of each other; only, at long distances, often several miles asunder, these isolated plantation patriarchates. 1896F. B. Jevons Introd. Hist. Relig. xiv. 180 The patriarchate with monogamy prevailed. |