Patriarchist
(ˈpeɪtrɪɑːkɪst)
[f. patriarch n. + -ist.]
A supporter of the Patriarch of Constantinople against the Exarch of Bulgaria during the schism of 1872–1945. Also attrib.
| 1903, etc. [see Exarchist]. 1903 Daily Chron. 23 Sept. 3/5 They [sc. the Vlachs] are attached to the Greek or Patriarchist party. 1907 A. Fortescue Orthod. Eastern Ch. iv. x. 320 The Patriarchists..stand by the Patriarch of Constantinople. 1921 Contemp. Rev. May 587 Bulgarian Patriarchists—i.e. Bulgarians who affect the Greek religion..are numbered with the Greek inhabitants. 1972 D. Dakin Unification of Greece ix. 129 Vatikiotis..reported that Greek intervention would be welcomed by the Slav-speaking patriarchists. Ibid. xii. 160 It was precisely in those regions where the exarchist and patriarchist school populations were evenly matched that the struggle between the two Churches was fiercest. |