patriarchal church

/P EY0 T R IY0 AA1 R K AH0 L CH ER0 CH/

noun

1
(Christianity) A church serving as the seat of a patriarch.
2
(Roman Catholicism) A church in Rome that previously served as the seat for one of the 5 patriarchs during visits to the city, St John Lateran, St Peter’s, St Paul’s outside the Walls, St Mary Major’s, and St Lawrence’s outside the Walls.

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