patriarchate

[ pey-tree-ahr-kit, -keyt ]

/ ˈpeɪ triˌɑr kɪt, -keɪt /

the office, dignity, jurisdiction, province, or residence of an ecclesiastical patriarch.

a patriarchy.

Origin of patriarchate

1610–20; < Medieval Latin patriarchātus, equivalent to Late Latin patriarch(a) (see patriarch) + Latin -ātus -ate³

Kirill represented the Moscow Patriarchate at the World Council of Churches in the early 1970s.

Remembering the Russian Priest Who Fought the Orthodox Church |Cathy Young |December 28, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Putin also blamed Ukrainian nationalists for attacking the Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate in Ukraine.

Why Are Swastikas Hot In West Ukraine? |Anna Nemtsova |October 17, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
It must be remembered that Diocese, in the language of this time, means the several provinces comprehended in a Patriarchate.

The Church of England cleared from the charge of Schism |Thomas William Allies
The cardinal's enemies represented him as a new Luther ready to excite a schism and found a patriarchate in France.

A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times |Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot

The patriarchate subsequently passed to Oviedo, who was the only one to reach the country.

The Jesuits, 1534-1921 |Thomas J. Campbell
Under the Patriarchate woman has ever been regarded as a slave to be disposed of as father, husband or brother chose.

Woman, Church & State |Matilda Joslyn Gage
Bishoprics, and even the patriarchate were sold to the highest bidder.

The World's Greatest Books, Vol XII. |Arthur Mee

patriarchate

/ (ˈpeɪtrɪˌɑːkɪt) /

the office, jurisdiction, province, or residence of a patriarch

a family or people under male domination or government