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Primate : (noun)
1: a senior clergyman and dignitary [syn: archpriest, hierarch,
high priest, prelate]
2: any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good
eyesight and flexible hands and feet
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Primate : \Pri"mate\, n. [OE. primat, F. primat, L. primas, -atis
one of the first, chief, fr. primus the first. See Prime,
a.]
1. The chief ecclesiastic in a national church; one who
presides over other bishops in a province; an archbishop.
2. (Zo["o]l.) One of the Primates.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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PRIMATE, eccl. law.. An archbishop who has jurisdiction over one or several
other metropolitans.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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