patriarch
noun /ˈpeɪtriɑːk/
/ˈpeɪtriɑːrk/
- the male head of a family or community
（男性）家长，族长，酋长 - an old man that people have a lot of respect for
德高望重的男性长者 - Patriarchthe title of a most senior bishop (= a senior priest) in the Orthodox or Roman Catholic Church
（东正教和天主教的）牧首，宗主教 - the Patriarch of Constantinople
君士坦丁堡牧首 - the Orthodox Patriarch
东正教主教
- the Patriarch of Constantinople
词源Middle English: from Old French patriarche, via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek patriarkhēs, from patria ‘family’ + arkhēs ‘ruling’.