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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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