patriarchia

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πατριαρχία (patriarkhía), from πατριάρχης (patriárkhēs).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pa.triˈar.kʰi.a/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pa.triˈar.ki.a/,

Noun

patriarchia f (genitive patriarchiae); first declension

(Medieval Latin, Christianity)

patriarchate (the dignity of a patriarch)
a patriarchal church (each of the five great basilicae of Rome)

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	patriarchia	patriarchiae
genitive	patriarchiae	patriarchiārum
dative	patriarchiae	patriarchiīs
accusative	patriarchiam	patriarchiās
ablative	patriarchiā	patriarchiīs
vocative	patriarchia	patriarchiae

Synonyms

(patriarchate, the dignity of a patriarch): patriarchātus
(patriarchal church): patriarchālis

Descendants

English: patriarchy

References

Patriarchiæ in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “patriarchia”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 774/1

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