1. (noun) the male head of family or tribe

• paterfamilias

1. (noun) title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem)

• spiritual leader

2. (noun) the male head of family or tribe

• adult male
• man
• head of household

3. (noun) any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race

• father
• forefather
• sire

4. (noun) a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself

• graybeard
• greybeard
• methuselah
• old man

1. (noun) any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race

• antediluvian
• antediluvian patriarch
• jacob
• simeon

1. (noun) the male head of family or tribe

• patriarchal

2. (noun) a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself

• patriarchal