Category:Primacy

Pri"ma*cy, n. Etym: [ll. primatia, fr. L. primas, -atis, one of the First or principal, chief, fr. primus first: cf. F. primatie. See Prime, a.]

1. The state or condition of being prime or first, as in time, place, Rank, etc., hence, excellency; supremacy. [r.] De quincey.

2. The office, rank, or character of a primate; the chief Ecclesiastical station or dignity in a national church; the office or Dignity of an archbishop; as, the primacy of england.