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patriarch meaning in Malayalam

കുടുംബനാഥൻ

/ˈpeɪtɹɪɑːk/US/ˈpeɪtɹiɑɹk/

patriarch in Malayalam: കുടുംബനാഥൻ, വംശകാരണവൻ, വർഗ്ഗത്തലവൻ, അബ്രഹാം. 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.

Malayalam words for patriarch

കുടുംബനാഥൻ, വംശകാരണവൻ, വർഗ്ഗത്തലവൻ, അബ്രഹാം

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 Malayalam

What is the meaning of patriarch in Malayalam?
Patriarch in Malayalam is കുടുംബനാഥൻ, വംശകാരണവൻ, വർഗ്ഗത്തലവൻ, അബ്രഹാം.
patriarch എന്നതിന്റെ മലയാളം അർത്ഥം എന്താണ്?
Patriarch: കുടുംബനാഥൻ, വംശകാരണവൻ, വർഗ്ഗത്തലവൻ, അബ്രഹാം.
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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Malayalam words from Malayalam Wiktionary: patriarch (page history and authors). 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 Malayalam words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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