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ecumenical patriarch

–noun
the patriarch of Constantinople, regarded as the highest dignitary of the Greek Orthodox Church.

Origin:
1860–65


ecumenical patriarchate, noun
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ecumenical patriarch  
n.  The patriarch of Constantinople, the highest ecclesiastical official of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
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