Former patriarch Synonyms

Definitions for Former


  • (adjective) having been such at some previous time
  • (adjective) going before another in time or order
  • (noun) the first of two or the first mentioned of two

Definitions for Patriarch


  • (noun) the male head of family or tribe
  • (noun) any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race
  • (noun) title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem)