patriarch

noun7

1. •
   A male leader of a family, tribe or ethnic group, especially one of the twelve sons of Jacob (considered to have created the twelve tribes of Israel) or (in plural) Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

   • Men and brethren / lett me frely speake vnto you of the patriarke David: For he is both deed and buryed / and his sepulcre remayneth with vs vnto this daye. — 1526
2. •
   An old leader of a village or community.
3. •
   The male head of a household or nuclear family.
4. •
   The highest form of bishop, in the ancient world having authority over other bishops in the province but now generally as an honorary title; in Roman Catholicism, considered a bishop second only to the Pope in rank.
5. •
   A founder of a political or religious movement, an organization or an enterprise.
6. •
   The male progenitor of a genetic or tribal line, or of a clan or extended family.
7. •
   A shade of purple