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Also known as Patriarchal See, patriarchy

thumb|250px|Eastern patriarchates of the Pentarchy, after the [[Council of Chalcedon (451)]]

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Subclass of
jurisdiction
Has part
eparchy
Named after
patriarch
Religion
Christianity
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topic's main category
Category:Patriarchates
Commons category
Patriarchates
position held by head of the organization
patriarch
different from
patriarchy

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  • Roman Catholic Church
  • Eastern Orthodox Church
  • Oriental Orthodoxy
  • Church of the East
  • Protestantism
  • Apostolic Catholic Church
  • See also
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thumb|250px|Eastern patriarchates of the Pentarchy, after the [[Council of Chalcedon (451)]]

Patriarchate (, ; , patriarcheîon) is an ecclesiological term in Christianity, referring to the office and jurisdiction of a patriarch.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “patriarchate” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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