The patriarch hoary, the sage of his kith and the hamlet.
Longfellow.
The monarch oak, the partiarch of trees.
Dryde.
Pa`tri*ar"chal (?), a. [Cf. F. patriarcal.] 1. Of or pertaining to a
patriarch or to patriarchs; possessed by, or subject to, patriarchs;
as, patriarchal authority or jurisdiction; a patriarchal see; a
patriarchal church.