patriarch

C4969
concept

A patriarch is a male leader or head of a family, clan, or community who holds primary authority and social, moral, or spiritual influence over its members.

All labels observed (13)

Label Occurrences
patriarch canonical 80
patriarchal title 16
head of house 8

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: patriarch
Generated description
A patriarch is a male leader or head of a family, clan, or community who holds primary authority and social, moral, or spiritual influence over its members.

Instances (124)

Instance Via concept surface
Tancred of Hauteville
Lamech
Alm-Uncle grandfather
Uryzmag patriarchal figure
interceded for Benjamin before Joseph in Egypt
surface form: Judah
Patriarch
Joseph son of Jacob
Benjamin son of Jacob patriarchal figure
Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Antioch patriarchal title
Bhishma (in some traditions as co-disciple or associate)
surface form: Bhishma
Joseph the Betrothed
Mr. Schlegel
Ishmael
Midian patriarchal ancestor
Ibrahim
Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov
Isaac Thomas Avery
Pa Joad
General Epanchin
Ephraim son of Joseph patriarchal figure
Abuna Qerellos IV
Ángel Castro y Argiz
Gad
Laban
Naphtali
Archduke Lorenz of Austria-Este head of house
Issachar
Asher
Nikola II Petrović-Njegoš head of house
Simeon
Stephan, Prince of Lippe head of house
Asad ibn Khuzayma tribal patriarch
Patriarch of Constantinople Mkrtich Khrimian
surface form: Mkrtich Khrimian
Dan
Old Whateley
Bull Meechum in The Great Santini
surface form: Bull Meechum
Gerald O’Hara in Gone with the Wind
surface form: Gerald O’Hara
Benjamin Wonsal
Lehi
Johann Buddenbrook (senior)
Pope Shenouda III
Coptic Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria patriarchal title
Nyikang ancestral figure
Win Berry
the mountain father paternal archetype
Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Jerusalem patriarchal title
Dodge
Martin Arthur Winslow (loosely inspired by the real Winslow case family head)
surface form: Martin Arthur Winslow
family patriarch
Noah
Supreme Head of the Syriac Orthodox Church patriarchal title
Gaskell Romney