Meaning of Primacy | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The state or condition of being prime or first, as in time, place, rank, etc.
   uncountable, usually
2. Excellence; supremacy.
   archaic, uncountable, usually
3. The office, rank, or character of a primate, it being the chief ecclesiastical station or dignity in a national church.
   uncountable, usually
4. The office or dignity of an archbishop.
   uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“The court affirmed the primacy of federal law.”

“He argued for the primacy of reason over emotion.”

“establish the primacy of something”

“acknowledge the primacy of something”

“assert primacy”

“I am reading Nick Sousanis’ PhD dissertation-as-a-comic Unflattening. It debunks the primacy of word over image in Western culture and suggests that the two are equal partners in meaning-making.”

“Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, who holds a primacy of honor in Eastern Orthodoxy, emphasized the many areas of agreement between Pope Francis and himself in response to the social concerns of the day.”

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