patrial

& 8. [Latin patrius =belonging to one's native land, from patria =one's native land, from pater (gen it. patris )=a father.] A. As adjective: 1. Ord. Lang.: Of or pertaining to a father; paternal. 2. Gram.: Pertaining or relating to a family, race, or line of descent; denoting a race or family. (Applied to a certain cla of words.) B. As subst.: A noun derived from the name of a country, and denoting a native or inhabitant of it. pā-tri-arch, *pa-tri-arc he, *pat-ri-arke, s . [Fr. patriarche , from Lat. patriarch a , patriarches ; Gr. patriarches =the father of a race, from patria = lineage, and arc he =rule; archō =to rule; Sp. & Ital. patriarca .] IMG:content-0754.png:[blocks in formation] 2. A venerable old man; the oldest member of a family or community. 3. The oldest member of a cla ; anything of extreme antiquity. II. Eccles. & Church Hist .: The highest grade in the hierarchy of ordinary jurisdiction, the See of Rome excepted. The jurisdiction of the Bishops of Alexandria, Rome, and Antioch over their respective provinces is recognized by the sixth canon of the Council of Nice (A. D. 325). The title came into use in the fifth century. In the fourth Constantinople and in the fifth Jersualem occupied the position of patriarchates. These eastern sees have long been lost to the Latin Church, which admits a Maronite, a Melchite, and a Syrian Patriarch of Antioch, a Patriarch of Cilicia, of the Armenian, and a Patriarch of Babylon, of the Chaldean rite. There are also three minor Patriarchs in the Western Church, the Patriarch of the Indies, the prelate of the highest rank in the church of Spain, the Patriarch of Lisbon, and the Patriarch of Venice.