baṭrakiyya

patriarchate

بَطْرَكِيَّة

Word

Noun

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ب ط ر ك

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فاشتبه الاسم في أعصار متطاولة، يقال آخرها بطركية هرقل بالإسكندرية، فأرادوا أن يميزوا البطرك عن الأسقف في التعظيم فدعوه البابا، ومعناه أبو الأباء.

The Muqaddimah, page 147 →

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 6 entries

بَطْرَكٌ A leader of the Christians

and بِطَرْكٌ i. q. بِطْرِيقٌ, (As, K,) i. e. A leader of the Christians: (TA:) or the chief of the Magians: (K:) [in the present day, the former is applied to a Patriarch of a Christian church; as also ↓ بِطْرِيكٌ: (see جَاثَلِيقٌ:) pl. بَطَارِكَةٌ and بَطَارِيكُ]: adventitious; not Arabic. (Az, TA.)
بَطْرَكِىٌّ Patriarchal

[ Patriarchal; i. e. of, or belonging to, or relating to, a Patriarch of a Christian church; as also ↓ بِطْرِيكِىٌّ: both modern terms.]
بَطْرَكِيَّةٌ A patriarchate

[ A patriarchate; i. e. the office, or jurisdiction, of a Patriarch of a Christian church; as also ↓ بِطْرِيكِيَّةٌ: both modern terms.]
بِطْرِيكٌ Open entry

: see بَطْرَكٌ.
بِطْرِيِكىٌّ Open entry

: see بَطْرَكِىٌّ.
بِطْرِيِكيَّهُ Open entry

: see بَطْرَكِيَّةٌ.

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