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Meaning of primacy

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

primacy

Pronunciation:/ˈpɹaɪ.mə.si//ˈpɹaɪ.mə.si/

noun

Definitions

  1. The state or condition of being prime or first, as in time, place, rank, etc.

    Example: December 25 2016, Amruta Patil writing in The Hindu, The book in my hand

  2. Excellence; supremacy.

  3. The office, rank, or character of a primate, it being the chief ecclesiastical station or dignity in a national church

  4. The office or dignity of an archbishop