Definition for PRI'MA-CY

PRI'MA-CY, a. [It. primazia; Fr. primatie; Sp. primacia; from L. primatas, from primus, first. See Prime.]

  1. The chief eccesiastical station or dignity; the office or dignity of an archbishop. – Clarendon.
  2. Excellency; supremacy. – Barrow.

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