[{"word":"patriarchate","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The term of office of a Christian patriarch.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The patriarchate of Pope John Paul II as Patriarch of the West was more than 25 years."},{"definition":"The office or ecclesial jurisdiction of such a patriarch.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The Patriarchate of Constantinople has primacy over the whole of the Orthodox world."},{"definition":"The office-space occupied by a patriarch and his staff.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The Latin patriarchate in Jerusalem is, by modern standards, a very cramped space."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/patriarchate"]}]