patriarchal church (English, noun)
expansion: patriarchal church (plural patriarchal churches)
Senses:
topics: Christianity
glosses: A church serving as the seat of a patriarch.
topics: Catholicism
Christianity
Roman-Catholicism
glosses: A church in Rome that previously served as the seat for one of the 5 patriarchs during visits to the city, St John Lateran, St Peter’s, St Paul’s outside the Walls, St Mary Major’s, and St Lawrence’s outside the Walls.
Forms:
form: patriarchal churches
tags: plural