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Patriarch vs Originator - What's the difference?

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Patriarch is a related term of originator.


As nouns the difference between patriarch and originator

is that patriarch is patriarch while originator is someone who originates, creates or founds something.

patriarch

Noun

(en 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.
  • 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.
  • * 1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , Acts II:
  • Men and brethren, lett me frely speake unto you of the patriarke David: For he is both deed and buryed, and his sepulcre remayneth with us unto this daye.
  • A founder of a political or religious movement, an organization or an enterprise.
  • An old leader of a village or community.
  • * 1819 , ”:
  • The opinions of this junto were completely controlled by Nicholas Vedder, a patriarch of the village, and landlord of the inn, at the door of which he took his seat from morning to night, just moving sufficiently to
  • The male head of a tribal line or family.
  • Synonyms

    * paterfamilias * highfather

    Antonyms

    * matriarch, materfamilias

    originator

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who originates, creates or founds something.