/pay"tree ahr'kit, -kayt/ , n.
1. the office, dignity, jurisdiction, province, or residence of an ecclesiastical patriarch.
2. a patriarchy.
[ 1610-20; patriarchatus, equiv. to LL patriarch ( a ) (see PATRIARCH) + L -atus -ATE 3 ]
/pay"tree ahr'kit, -kayt/ , n.
1. the office, dignity, jurisdiction, province, or residence of an ecclesiastical patriarch.
2. a patriarchy.
[ 1610-20; patriarchatus, equiv. to LL patriarch ( a ) (see PATRIARCH) + L -atus -ATE 3 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012