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patriarch meaning in Gujarati

પિતૃપ્રધાન

/ˈpeɪtɹɪɑːk/US/ˈpeɪtɹiɑɹk/

patriarch in Gujarati: પિતૃપ્રધાન. In English, patriarch means the highest form of bishop, in the ancient world having authority over other bishops in the province but now generally as an honorary title; in Roman Catholicism, considered a bishop second only to the Pope in rank.

Gujarati words for patriarch

પિતૃપ્રધાન

English meaning of patriarch

  1. noun The highest form of bishop, in the ancient world having authority over other bishops in the province but now generally as an honorary title; in Roman Catholicism, considered a bishop second only to the Pope in rank.
  2. noun A male leader of a family, tribe or ethnic group, especially one of the twelve sons of Jacob (considered to have created the twelve tribes of Israel) or (in plural) Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
  3. noun A founder of a political or religious movement, an organization or an enterprise.
  4. noun An old leader of a village or community.

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Questions about patriarch in Gujarati

What is the meaning of patriarch in Gujarati?
Patriarch in Gujarati is પિતૃપ્રધાન.
patriarch નો ગુજરાતી અર્થ શું છે?
Patriarch: પિતૃપ્રધાન.
What does patriarch mean in English?
Patriarch means the highest form of bishop, in the ancient world having authority over other bishops in the province but now generally as an honorary title; in Roman Catholicism, considered a bishop second only to the Pope in rank.

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Gujarati words: machine translation by IndicTrans2 (AI4Bharat, MIT license), kept only when it translates back to “patriarch”. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: patriarch (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Gujarati words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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