patriarch

nouns

title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem)
patriarch
is a type of (narrower)
a leader in religious or sacred affairs
spiritual leader
the male head of family or tribe
paterfamilias, patriarch
is derived from
patriarchal
any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race
patriarch
is a type of (narrower)
the founder of a family
"keep the faith of our forefathers"
father, forefather, sire
a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself
patriarch
is derived from
patriarchal
is a type of (narrower)
a man who is very old
Methuselah, graybeard, greybeard, old man