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PRIMATESHIP

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pri⋅mate⋅ship

  [prahy-mit-ship, -meyt-]
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–noun
primacy (def. 2).
Origin:
1625–35; primate + -ship

pri⋅ma⋅cy

  [prahy-muh-see]
–noun, plural -cies for 2, 3.
1. the state of being first in order, rank, importance, etc.
2. Also called primateship. English Ecclesiastics. the office, rank, or dignity of a primate.
3. Roman Catholic Church. the jurisdiction of a bishop, as a patriarch, over other bishoprics, or the supreme jurisdiction of the pope as supreme bishop.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME primacie < ML prīmātia, alter. of L prīmātus (prīm(us) prime + -ātus -ate 3 ); see -y 3
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Word Origin & History

primacy 
1382, from O.Fr. primacie, from M.L. primatia "office of a church primate" (1174), from L.L. primas (gen. primatis) "principal, chief, of the first rank" (see primate).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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