patriarchate
n. 主教的职权
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释义与例句
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1.
A patriarchal system or community.
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The term of office of a Christian patriarch.
宗教The patriarchate of Pope John Paul II as Patriarch of the West was more than 25 years.
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The office or ecclesial jurisdiction of such a patriarch.
宗主教区
The Patriarchate of Constantinople has primacy over the whole of the Orthodox world.
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The office-space occupied by a patriarch and his staff.
The Latin patriarchate in Jerusalem is, by modern standards, a very cramped space.
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词源
From Middle French patriarcat, from Old French patriarcat, from Medieval Latin patriarchatus, from Ancient Greek πατριάρχης (patriárkhēs, “patriarch”). By surface analysis, patriarch + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, the concrete charge of it, a body of people involved with it).
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