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primate


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  primate 
  n  1:  a  senior  clergyman  [syn:  {archpriest},  {hierarch},  {high 
  priest},  {prelate}] 
  2:  any  placental  mammal  of  the  order  Primates;  has  good 
  eyesight  and  flexible  hands  and  feet 
 
  From  THE  DEVIL'S  DICTIONARY  ((C)1911  Released  April  15  1993)  [devils]: 
 
  PRIMATE,  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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