primate
noun
an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.
primatial
-
a word derived from
primate.
Example Sentences
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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
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
He took in his suite several renowned theologians, amongst whom was Carranza de Miranda, at that time his confessor and later raised to the primatial See of Toledo.
From Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings by Francis Augustus MacNutt
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 Mary Frances Cusack
Lyons, where the cathedral church is still known as “La Primatiale,” and Lund in Sweden, may be cited as instances of churches which were really primatial.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
