primatial
- 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
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 MacNutt, Francis Augustus
Archbishop Ralph accordingly refused to consecrate him, and the king upheld the right of the primatial see, bidding Thurstan do what was due according to ancient usage.
From The English Church in the Middle Ages by Hunt, William
A later official list of 1st May states the total number at 1,050, new primatial, archiepiscopal and episcopal churches having been erected in the meantime.
From Pius IX. And His Time by Dawson, Æneas MacDonell
