patine 
patine (pat'in), . |< I''. /laiim; < L. iiiin<i. .1 
dish: BeejMtMno.pOteK 1 .] If. An obsolete I'DI-IM 
of //iVl. 2. Same I\H ptitiiiti. - (}. 
patio (pat'i-o), . |Sp., 'iit. //// = IV- /"'- 
/fa, /in/in, a iMiurl, pla/.a ; variously rel'erivd to 
\,. pilti'ri; lie open, /iiiliil'i:.', l\ nio- open, Spread- 
ing (Sl-e JMlll'lltl, /XllHllHIHf. I" 1" .</ '"'""" ll 
walk, public' square, etc., also distiino.-, spaci- 
O Sp. ixi>iii-in, space) (see .I/MICI-); and to other 
sources.] In Sj;iiii and Spanish-American 
Patio, or Court, with Stairway, of a Mexican Mouse. 
countries, a court or inclosure connected with 
a house, and open to the sky. 
A trim Andttluslan luiml-mnid ... led the way acrosa 
a little patio or court, la the centre of the edifice. 
Irving, Voyages of Companions of Columbus, p. 835. 
We lay dowa on our MIL'S in the patio, and endeavoured 
to sleep, as we knew we should require all our strength for 
the expedition before us. 
Lady Bramey, Voyage of Sunbeam, I. li. 
Patio process. See proceu. 
patisht, patiset, * [< OF. patincr, make a stipu- 
lation, <patis, putt:, an agreement, stipulation, 
pact, <L. pactum, a pact: seepc<.] I. intrant. 
To make a stipulation or agreement; stipulate. 
Palsgrave. 
II. trans. To stipulate for; agree upon. 
The money which the pirates patched for his raunsome. 
/ ' i,'". tr. of Apophthegms of Erasmus, ii. 
patitur (pat'i-ter), n. [L., 3d pers. sing. pres. 
hid. of pnti, suffer, endure: see patient.] Ec- 
elts., the mark by which the absence of a preb- 
endary from choir, either by sickness or leave, 
was denoted. In either case he did not forfeit 
any of his revenue. Imp. Diet. 
patlettt (pat'let), n. Same as arming-doublet, 
f'airholt. 
patly (pat'li).aflfo. In a pat manner; fitly; con- 
veniently. -Borrow, Works, II. xxvi. 
patness (pat'nes), n. The state or quality of 
being pat; fitness; suitableness; convenience. 
The description with equal patnm may suit both. 
Barrow, Works, I. xvli. 
patois (pa-two'), n. [P., a dialect, < OF. patois, 
jHithoys, patrois, a native or local speech, also 
a village, < ML. as if *patrcnsis for patrifnsis, 
native, a native, < 1,. pulrin, native country: 
see niitriiil.] A dialect peculiar to a distr ' ' or 
locality, in use especially among the peasantry 
or uneducated da-ses : hence, a, rustic, provin- 
cial, or barbarous form of speech. 
An Italian Jew rails at the boatmen ahead, in the Nea- 
politan jxifotx. /. Taylor, Lauds of the Saracen, p. 10. 
\patuis, which is not properly a dialect, but rather cer- 
tain archaisms, proverbial pnrases, and nxHles of pronun- 
ciation which maintain themselves among the unedu- 
cated side by side with the finished and universally ac- 
cepted language. Loiretl, Blglow Papers, 2d BIT., Int. 
patrelt, patrellet, . Middle English forms of 
/iiiitn! 1 . 
patres conscript! (pa'ire/. kon-skrip'tl). [L. : 
patrex, pi. of /mti r, father; consrripti, pi. of CHII- 
scnptus, pp. of COH.ICI iln ! . enroll, enlist: see 
conscript.} Conscript fathers: fathers [and] 
elect: a usual title of address of the senate of 
ancient Koine. See CMMT/;>/. n. 
43L'!> 
patria (pa'tri-ii), . [XL., < L. patrin, inii-'s 
native land or" country ; lit. fatherland, prop, 
adj. (se. ii mi, hind i. I'em. of jmlniix, pertaining 
to I fa i he I-, < jinlir. father: tw^c paternal . futliir. ] 
In :<ii>l., habitat; the place or region inhabited 
by anv aniiiuil, and to which it is indigenous. 
patrial (pa'tri-nl), 11. and n. [= OK. iin/rml. 
piitni'l = It. palrinli; dj.,< XL. *initrinlix, of 
or pertaining to one's native country, < L. 
l>fiiria, one's native country: see patria.'} I. 
n. In gram., a noun derived from the name of 
a country, and denoting an inhabitant of that 
country : as, Latin Troax, a Trojan woman ; 
Latin Maeedo, a Macedonian. 
II. a. In gram., of or relating to a family. 
race, or line of descent; designating a race or 
nation : applied to a certain class of words. 
I.UU of names, personal, patrial, ethnic. 
Amer. Jour. PhOal., VII. 209. 
patria potestas (pa'tri-ft po-tes'tas). [L.: /.'- 
tria, feni. of patriug, belonging to a father (see 
patria) ; potestas, power, < posse, have power, 
care.] In Horn, autiq., a fathers control and 
dominion over his children born in the com- 
plete Roman marriage, grandchildren, and other 
descendants, extending in early times to the 
power of life and death, and including the rights 
of sale into servitude, and of emancipation or 
discharge of the child from the privileges and 
charges of the family. The child had no standing be- 
fore the law under the head of private rights ; if he enter- 
ed Into a contract, the benefltewere acquired not for him- 
self, but for his father. The public rights of the child, how- 
ever, remained intact, as that of Toting and that of holding 
a magistracy. 
The patria potatat, to long as It lasts, gives to the father 
the complete control of the son's actions. 
Encyc. Brit., XIII. 1. 
patriarch (pa'tri-ark), n. [Early mod. E. also 
patriark; < ME. patriark, patriarke = OF. pa- 
triarche, F. patriarclie = Sp. patriarca = Pg. 
patriarca, patriarcha = It. patriarca = D. G. pa- 
triarch = Sw. Dan. patriark, < LL. patriarcha, 
liiitriarches,< Or. iraTptapxr/c, the chief of a tribe 
or race,< irarpta. lineage, a race (< vari/p, father), 
+ apxtiv, rule.] 1. The father and ruler of a 
family ; one who governs by paternal right ; 
specifically, one of the progenitors of the Isra- 
elites Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and the sons of 
Jacob; also, one of those Biblical personages 
who were heads of families before the deluge : 
the latter are termed antediluvian patriarchs. 
In that Toun dwelled Abraham the Patriark, a longe 
ij in,-. Mandtmile, Travels, p. OS. 
And the patriarch!, moved with envy, sold Joseph into 
Egypt ; but Cod was with him. Acts vIL 0. 
And thousand pairs of llulng things besides, 
Vnclean and clean ; for t h ' holy Patriark 
Had of all kinds Inclosed In the Ark. 
:-,'/,: -I: f. 1 I Of DU K.I til" '- I I k-, II., ThC A I*. 
Hence 2. In subsequent Jewish history, one 
of the heads of the Sanhedrim after the destruc- 
tion of Jerusalem and the dispersion, the patri- 
arch of the Western Jews residing in Palestine, 
that of the Eastern in Babylon. 3. In the early 
church, and in the Orthodox Greek and other 
Oriental churches, a bishop of the highest rank ; 
in the Roman Catholic Church, a bishop of the 
highest rank next after the Pope, in the early 
church the highest dignity, which came In time to be 
designated as that of patriarch, belonged from time Im- 
memorial, and as was believed from apostolic days, to the 
bishops of Rome, Alexandria, and Antioch these three 
sees ranking as to dignity, precedence, and privileges in 
the order named. The Council of Constantinople (A. D. 
381) gave the bishop of that see prerogatives of rank next 
after Rome, and the Council of Chalcedon (451) confirmed 
this, decreeing that this canon conferred an equality of 
prerogatives with Rome, still leaving the latter see, how- 
ever, a higher rank. Since that tune Constantinople has 
always stood at the head of the orthodox Oriental sees, 
and since the sixth century Its bishop has borne the title 
of ecumenical patriarch. The patriarchal dignity of Jeru- 
salem was not recognized till the Council of Chalcedon. 
Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem still 
remain the four great patriarchates of the orthodox East- 
ern Church. In 1682 Moscow was made a patriarchate, 
ranking next after these, but since 1721 the place of patri- 
arch of Moscow has been represented by the Holy Govern- 
iiiK Synod. Besides the orthodox Oriental patriarchs, there 
are others, representing the Armenian, Jacobite, Coptic, 
and other Oriental churches, and also Latin or Roman 
Catholic titular patriarchs of the same sees. In the Ro- 
man Catholic Church the Pope is regarded as having In 
his papal capacity a rank superior to his rank as patriarch, 
and the cardinals also take precedence of patriarchs. 
There are also three minor patriarchs in the Roman Cath- 
olic Church of the Indies, of Lisbon, and of Venice. The 
title nf iiatriarch seems to have flrst come into use In the 
Christian church In imitation of a similar title given to 
the head of a Jewish patria. or group of communities. 
In general usage it was apparently flrst given, without 
definite limitation, to senior bishops or bishops of special 
eminence. The bishops of the great patriarchal tees were 
at flrst called archbinhapt (In the older sense of that title). 
From tin fourth century the title of patriarch came to be 
patriarchica! 
commonly applied to lln iu-!,.,|. i U --i see*, 
and is so used In imperial IIIWH of the >mli , mint. H 
was not, however, till the' ninth < culmy tlmt it i> 
nllic-tly liniiN-cl In lllc'iM'. KVIIII III", ]MC(ro|,.ilit:il>*, ;lli'l:i'c h 
bishops rank next after patriarchs. Sec catlmliri*. 
The ITimnti of all England was also Patriarch of all t he 
BrIHsh Islands. K. A. freeman, .Norman Conquest, \ 
In correctness of speech, we are assured by Theodora 
Balsauion. the 1'atriarch of Antioch is the only Prelate 
olio has a claim to that title the proper appellation of 
the Bishops of Rome and Alexandria being Pope; of Con- 
stantinople and Jerusalem, Archbishop. 
J. H. Ktalt, Eastern church. I. li. 
4. One of the highest dignitaries in the Mor- 
mon Church, who pronounces the blessing of 
the church. Also called erangt-list. 6. A ven- 
erable old man ; hence, figuratively, any object 
of patriarchal or venerable aspect. 
The monarch oak, ilie patriarch of the treat, 
shoots rising up, and spreads by slow degree*. 
Dryden, Pal. and Arc., lit 1068. 
He took bis place once more on the bench at the Inn 
door, and waa reverenced a* one of the patriarch* of the 
village. Irriny, .Sketch- book, p. 04. 
Limbo of the patriarchs. See limtxi. 
patriarchal (pa'tri-ar-kal), . [= K. ////>- 
arcal = Sp. patriarcal = Pg. juili'itirclnil = It. 
patriarcale, < NL. 'patriarchalts, < LL. palri- 
archa, patriarch: see^Mtrmrc/i.] 1. Of or per- 
taining to a patriarch : as, patriarchal power or 
jurisdiction. 
As Rome was the mother cltlc of the world, so, by hu- 
mane Institution, we suffered ourselves to be ranged umlei 
vatriarchall authority, as being the most famous In the 
West. lip. llaU, ApoL against the Brownlsts, xxllL 
2. Subject to a patriarch: as, a patriarchal 
church. 
Mosul Is in same for ( loth of Gold, and silks for fertll- 
Itie, and for the Patriarchal! Sea of the Nestorian Chris- 
tians. i"vrcha*, Pilgrimage, p. 77. 
3. Pertaining to or of the nature of a patri- 
archy. 
The Patriarchal theory of society is, as 1 have said, the 
theory of its origin In separate families, held together by 
the authority and protection of the eldest valid male as- 
cendant. Maine, Early Law and Custom, p. 19ti. 
4. Resembling or characteristic of a patriarch ; 
venerable. 
,The sire turns o'er wi' patriarchal grace 
The big ha'-bllile, ance his father's pride. 
Buna, Cottar's Saturday Mght. 
Also patriarchic. 
Patriarchal cross. Sec crwwi . - Patriarchal dispen- 
sation, the period preceding the Mosaic dispensation, 
during which each patriarchal head of a family was the 
priest of his own household. 
patriarchalism (pa'tri-ar-kal-izm), H. (X pa- 
triarchal + -ism.] That political condition or 
organization in which the chief authority of 
each tribe or family resides in a patriarch ; pa- 
triarchy. 
There are unquestionably many assemblages of savage 
men so devoid of some of the characteristic features of 
Patriarchalifm that It seems a gratuitous hypothesis to 
assume that they had passed through it 
Maine, Early Law and Custom, p. 204. 
patriarchally(pa'tri-ar-kal-i), adv. In the man- 
ner of a patriarch; in accordance with patri- 
archalism. 
patriarchate (pa'tri-iir-kat), n. [=F. patriar- 
cat = Sp. patriarcatlo = Pg. patriarchado = It. 
patriarcato, < ML. patriarchates, the condition 
of a patriarch, < LL. patriarchaj patriarch : see 
patriarch.'] 1. The office, dignity, or status of 
a patriarch ; also, the period of office of a pa- 
triarch. 
Is not the Chiefe of them accus d out of his owne Booke 
and his late Canons to affect a certaine unquestionable /'" 
triarchat, Independent and unsnbordinate to the Crowne ? 
Hiltmi, Reformation In Eng., II. 
Proclus, bishop of Cyziciim, perhaps an unsuccessful 
rival of Xestoiius for the patriarchate. 
Scha/, Hlit. Christ Church, III. f 137. 
2. The residence of a patriarch. 3. The com- 
munity or province under the jurisdiction of a 
patriarch. 
In its earliest times, the Eastern Communion contained 
but two Patriarchate*. Alexandria and Antioch. 
J. M. Seale, Eastern Church, L 21. 
4. A patriarchy or patriarchal community. 
They thought of nothing but to have great families, 
that their own relations might swell up to a patriarchate. 
Jtr. Taylor, Works (ed. 18S8\ I. 706. 
patriarchdomt (pii'tri-ark-dum), . [< patri- 
arch + -//.] The jurisdiction or dominion of 
a patriarch. Milton, Reformation in Eng., i. 
patriarchic (pa-tri-a'r'kik), a. [< LL. patriarchi- 
es, < Gr. KaTpiapx'iuk, pertaining to a patriarch, 
< varptapxiK, a patriarch : see ptitriarch.] Same 
as patriarchal. 
patriarchicalt (pa-tri-ar'ki-kal). . [< >>ntn- 
+ -/.] Same as patriarchal. 
