patriarchate

noun

1. 1

   The term of office of a Christian patriarch.

   “The patriarchate of Pope John Paul II as Patriarch of the West was more than 25 years.”

2. 2

   The office or ecclesial jurisdiction of such a patriarch.

   “The Patriarchate of Constantinople has primacy over the whole of the Orthodox world.”

3. 3

   The office-space occupied by a patriarch and his staff.

   “The Latin patriarchate in Jerusalem is, by modern standards, a very cramped space.”