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Map of Justinian's Pentarchy, with almost all of modern Greece under Rome.

Originally, a patriarch was a man who exercised autocratic authority as a pater familias over an extended family. The system of such rule of families by senior males is termed patriarchy. This is a Greek word, a compound of πατριά (patria), "lineage, progeny", esp. by the father's side (which derives from the word – patēr meaning "father") and (archon) meaning "leader", "chief", "ruler", "king", etc.

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• Related: Patriarchate, Patriarchy, Matriarchy, Major archbishop

Current and former patriarchates of the Catholic C... Current and former patriarchates of the Catholic Church (Giga-Catholic Information) www.gcatholic.com/hierarchy/patriarchs.htm - Web

Current titular patriarchal sees of the Catholic C... Current titular patriarchal sees of the Catholic Church (Giga-Catholic Information) www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/data/type-t1.htm - Web

Current patriarchates of the Catholic Church (Giga... Current patriarchates of the Catholic Church (Giga-Catholic Information) www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/data/type-patr.htm - Web

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