[prahy-muh-see] 
| 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. |
| pri·ma·cy (prī'mə-sē) n. pl. pri·ma·cies
[Middle English primacie, from Old French, from Medieval Latin prīmātia, office of church primate, from Latin prīmās, prīmāt-, of first rank; see primate.] |
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