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primate (iou)



primate noun. ME.
[Old & mod. French primat from medieval Latin use as noun of Latin primat- of the first rank, from primus PRIME adjective: see -ATE1.]
Ecclesiastical. An archbishop; the chief or highest-ranking bishop of a province. Also, a patriarch or exarch of the Orthodox Church. ME.
Primate of All England the Archbishop of Canterbury. Primate of All Ireland a title of both the Catholic and Anglican Archbishops of Armagh. Primate of England the Archbishop of York.
gen. A person of the first rank or importance; a chief, a superior, a leader. Now rare. LME.
Zoology. A member of the mammalian order Primates, which includes man, apes, monkeys, and prosimians. L19.
primateship noun the office or position of (a) primate M17.