The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1806 page)

(Pañj
b
, ‘fallen’). Lapsed Sikh. Any
amritdh
r
Sikh who breaks the
kh
ls
's
code of discipline (
rahit
), most often by hair-cutting and removal of
turban
, is termed ‘patit’.

 
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Pa
ivedha
.

The realization of Buddhist truth through stages, leading up to
nirv
na
, and thus one of the many meanings of
dharma
.

 
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Patriarch
.

1
Title from the 6th cent. for the presiding
bishops
of the five main sees of Christendom (Rome, Alexandria, Antioch, Constantinople, and Jerusalem), corresponding to provinces of the Roman Empire, who had authority over the
metropolitans
in their territories. In addition to these, the heads of some
autocephalous
Orthodox churches, the heads of
Uniat Churches
, and the heads of the
Oriental Orthodox
and
Assyrian Churches
also have the title of patriarch.
2
The term is also used as an English equivalent of
soshigata
, the founder of a Buddhist, especially Zen, school, together with his lineage successors.

 
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