单词 | primacy |
释义 | primacy /pruy"meuh see/, n. , pl. primacies for 2, 3. 1. the state of being first in order, rank, importance, etc. 2. Also called primateship. Eng. Eccles. the office, rank, or dignity of a primate. 3. Rom. Cath. Ch. the jurisdiction of a bishop, as a patriarch, over other bishoprics, or the supreme jurisdiction of the pope as supreme bishop. [1350-1400; ME primacie < ML primatia, alter. of L primatus (prim(us) PRIME + -atus -ATE3); see -Y3] |
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