1. N-COUNT A patriarch is the male head of a family or tribe. (男性)家長(zhǎng); 族長(zhǎng); 酋長(zhǎng)

The patriarch of the house, Mr. Jawad, rules it with a ferocity renowned throughout the neighbourhood. 那戶人家的家長(zhǎng)賈瓦德先生治家嚴(yán)苛，名聞鄕裡。

2. N-COUNT/N-TITLE A patriarch is the head of one of a number of Eastern Christian Churches. (基督教?hào)|派教會(huì)的)大牧首