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Primate

Primate, a chief ecclesiastic; part of the style and title of

virtue of s. 3 of that Act. He is styled Primate of all England, the Archbishop of York being styled Primate

articles It is the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury primate of all England and contains the shrine of Thomas agrave

A subdeacon who bears a cross before an archbishop or primate on solemn occasions

The chief ecclesiastic in a national church one who presides over other bishops in a province an archbishop

The office dignity or position of a primate primacy

Of or pertaining to a primate

Canterbury, Archbishop of, the Primate of All England: the Chief Ecclesiastical Dignitary in the Church;

Metropolitan. An archbishop, PRIMATE AND METROPOLITAN OF ALL ENGLAND, the archbishop of Canterbury, Halsb.

the apes and monkeys Sometimes used in the sense of Primates