| 释义 |
patriarch /'peitna: k US: 'paet-; 'petnzark/ n 1 venerable old man. 年高德劭的人。 2 male head of a family or tribe. (男性)家长; 族长。 3 bishop among the early Christians; (in the RC Church) high-ranking bishop; (in Eastern Churches) bishop of highest honour: 早期基督敎徒中的监督; (罗马天主敎的)高级主敎; (东正敎的)大主敎： the P~ of Antioch/Jerusalem. 安提阿(耶路撤冷) 的大主敎。 ~al /ipeitn'ukl US: tpaet- ; ‘peta'arkl/ adj of or like a ~. (似)家长的; (似)族长的; (似)蓝督的; (似)大主敎的。 '~ate /-eit; -it/ n position, see 、 residence, of a Church ~. 主敎的职位、整区、住所。 |