Both Uses of
patriarch
in
The Brothers Karamazov
- The monk, overwhelmed with sorrow, went to the OEcumenical Patriarch at Constantinople and besought him to release him from his obedience.†
Chpt 1 *
- But the Patriarch replied that not only was he unable to release him, but there was not and could not be on earth a power which could release him except the elder who had himself laid that duty upon him.†
Chpt 1
Definition:
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(patriarch) a usually elderly man who is the leader of a group such as a family or tribe