Primate
['praɪmeɪt;-mət] or ['praɪmet]
Definition
(noun.) any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight and flexible hands and feet.
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Definition
(a.) The chief ecclesiastic in a national church; one who presides over other bishops in a province; an archbishop.
(a.) One of the Primates.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Archbishop, metropolitan.
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Definition
n. the first or highest dignitary in a church: an archbishop.—n. Prī′māteship.—adj. Primā′tial.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. The head of a church especially a State church supported by involuntary contributions. The Primate of England is the Archbishop of Canterbury an amiable old gentleman who occupies Lambeth Palace when living and Westminster Abbey when dead. He is commonly dead.
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