Usually means: Founders or leaders of families.
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  1. patriarchs: Merriam-Webster
  2. patriarchs: Collins English Dictionary
  3. patriarchs: Vocabulary.com
  4. Patriarch's, Patriarchs, Patriarchs, patriarch's, patriarchs: Wordnik
  5. patriarchs: Wiktionary
  6. patriarchs: Dictionary.com
  7. Patriarchs (Bible), Patriarchs (solitaire), Patriarchs: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  1. patriarchs: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wikipedia (Patriarchs)

noun:  The patriarchs (ʾAvot, "fathers") of the Bible, when narrowly defined, are Abraham, his son Isaac, and Isaac's son Jacob, also named Israel, the ancestor of the Israelites.
noun:  a patience or card solitaire which is played with two packs of playing cards.


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