Primacy
['praɪməsɪ] or ['praɪməsi]
Definition
(a.) The state or condition of being prime or first, as in time, place, rank, etc., hence, excellency; supremacy.
(a.) The office, rank, or character of a primate; the chief ecclesiastical station or dignity in a national church; the office or dignity of an archbishop; as, the primacy of England.
Checker: Prudence
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Primateship.
Typed by Laverne
Definition
n. state of being first in order of time rank &c.: the office or dignity of a primate or archbishop.
Editor: Maureen
Examples
- He saw the yellow flare in her eyes, he knew the unthinkable overweening assumption of primacy in her. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
Edited by Adela