Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The office or dignity of primate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The office, dignity, or position of a primate; primacy.
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- noun The office, dignity, or position of a
primate (church officer).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the office of primate
Etymologies
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primate + -ship
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Examples
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(Dionysius von Alexandrien, 1867, p. 26): "As Dionysius participated in the power, so also he shared in the task of the primateship."
History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) Adolph Harnack 1890
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