Definitions For Patriarch

noun

  • A man who is older and higher in rank than yourself
  • Any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race
  • The male head of family or tribe
  • Title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem)

Is Patriarch a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
16
Words with Friends
17

The word Patriarch is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Patriarch in a Sentence

  • Our grandfather was the family's patriarch.
  • The tribe's patriarch ruled for 20 years before his death.

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