How to Use patriarchate in a Sentence
patriarchate
noun
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This will not be the last skirmish between the patriarchates.
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The Economist,
9 Sep. 2019
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The patriarchate has delivered humanitarian aid to the church in Kyiv.
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Washington Post,
24 Apr. 2022
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The Moscow patriarchate of the Orthodox Church, deeply rooted in an establishment model of church–state relations, has expressed approval of the decision.
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L. Martin Nussbaum,
National Review,
18 Sep. 2017
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And some Russian Orthodox churches in other countries are denouncing the Moscow patriarchate or breaking ties altogether.
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Deborah Netburnstaff Writer,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Mar. 2022
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Rivalries between church patriarchates have sometimes degenerated into brawls.
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Nasser Nasser,
National Geographic,
27 May 2016
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