- Family heads - Father - Father as head of family - Male head of a family - Old tribal leader - The father and ruler of a family; one who governs his
family or descendants by paternal right; -- usually applied to heads of
families in ancient history, especially in Biblical and Jewish history
to those who lived before the time of Moses. - A dignitary superior to the order of archbishops; as,
the patriarch of Constantinople, of Alexandria, or of Antioch.