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Eventually the change may mean that the diocese of Washington will become a primatial see for the U. S. such as Canterbury is for England.

From Time Magazine Archive

As Archbishop of Westminster, England's primatial Catholic see, John Carmel Heenan had a right to expect a cardinalate; so did Archbishop William Conway of Armagh, the Primate of All Ireland.

From Time Magazine Archive

Church officials would like the Hungarians to offer Mindszenty a pardon and restore him briefly to his primatial see�but the Hungarians have evidently refused.

From Time Magazine Archive

A crozier behind a pall is borne on the primatial arms of Canterbury.

From Notes and Queries, Number 50, October 12, 1850 by Various

The holy youth attached himself from this moment to his master, and was his successor in the primatial see of Armagh.

From An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 by Cusack, Mary Frances