primacy
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primacy
- /ˈpɹaɪ.mə.si/ UK
- /ˈpɹɪ.mə.si/ UK
- /ˈpɹaɪ.mə.si/ US
Where it comes from
From Old French primacie, from Medieval Latin primatia (“office of a church primate”), from Latin primas plus a suffix corresponding to -acy. By surface analysis, prime + -acy.
noun primacies
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The state or condition of being prime or first, as in time, place, rank, preference etc.
establish the primacy of something
Similar: preeminence
- Excellence; supremacy.
- The office, rank, or character of a primate (chief ecclesiastical dignity in a church). Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, who holds a primacy of honor in Eastern Orthodoxy, emphasized the many areas of agreement between Pope Francis and himself in response to the social concerns of the day.
- The office or dignity of an archbishop.
Translations
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noun the state or condition of being prime or first
| Español | primacía |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 주요 juyo |
| हिन्दी | प्राथमिकता prāthmiktā, वरीयता varīytā |
| Português | primado, primazia |
| Français | primauté |
| Deutsch | Primat, Vorrang |
| Italiano | primato, priorità, supremazia |
| Română | primație |
| Русский | перви́чность pervíčnostʹ, пе́рвенство pérvenstvo, перворо́дство pervoródstvo, перворо́дность pervoródnostʹ, прима́тство primátstvo |
| עברית | רִאשׁוֹנִיוּת rishoniyút, עֶליוֹנוּת elyonút |
noun the office, rank, or character of a primate
| Português | primado |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Primas |
| Русский | первосвяти́тельство pervosvjatítelʹstvo |
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title = {primacy},
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