primate
noun
an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.
primatial
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a word derived from
primate.
Example Sentences
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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
An official list of all the dioceses was drawn up and published during the pontificate of Pope Paul III., in 1546, and in it Clonmacnoise is marked as belonging to the primatial see.
From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, January 1865 by Various
Declining the high office of provost of Trinity, Ussher was made bishop of Meath and was afterwards promoted to the primatial see.
From The Glories of Ireland by P. J. Lennox
Its bishopric founded by St Trophimus in the 1st century, was in the 5th century the primatial see of Gaul; it was suppressed in 1790.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various
