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▸ noun:  (Christianity) The highest form of bishop, in the ancient world having authority over other bishops in the province but now generally as an honorary title; in Roman Catholicism, considered a bishop second only to the Pope in rank.
▸ noun:  In Biblical contexts, a male leader of a family, tribe or ethnic group, especially one of the twelve sons of Jacob (considered to have created the twelve tribes of Israel) or (in plural) Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
▸ noun:  A founder of a political or religious movement, an organization or an enterprise.
▸ noun:  An old leader of a village or community.
▸ noun:  The male progenitor of a genetic or tribal line, or of a clan or extended family.
▸ noun:  The male head of a household or nuclear family.

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