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primatic, a.|praɪˈmætɪk|
[f. primate n.1 + -ic: cf. OF. prematic (1491 in Godef.).]
1. Of or pertaining to ecclesiastical primacy; = primatial a. 1. ? Obs.
1687S. Hill Cath. Balance 76 The Bishopric of Jerusalem, the Metropolis of all the Jews of the World, and therefore the primatic See of all the Jewish Christians. Ibid., The three great primatic Bishoprics of the Gentiles, Antioch, Rome, and Alexandria. 1826G. S. Faber Diffic. Romanism (1853) 218 They submitted, not to Peter's primatic mandate, but to the very ample reason which he gave for his conduct.
2. Of or pertaining to the Primates; = primatal.
a1890Huxley cited in Cent. Dict.
So, in sense 1, priˈmatical a.
a1677Barrow Pope's Suprem. (1687) 171 The original and growth of Metropolitical, Primatical, and Patriarchal Jurisdiction. 1747Carte Hist. Eng. I. 356 Stigand, the canonicalness of whose primatical dignity was not as yet called in question. 1872O. Shipley Gloss. Eccl. Terms s.v. Exarch, A bishop of primatical rank, having under him metropolitans. |
