Synonyms for primacy

Grammar : Noun

Spell : prahy-muh-see

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpraɪ mə si

Définition of primacy

Origin : late 14c., from Old French primacie (14c., in Modern French spelled primatie) and directly from Medieval Latin primatia "office of a church primate" (late 12c.), from Late Latin primas (genitive primatis) "principal, chief, of the first rank" (see primate).

noun supremacy

Example sentences :

Athelard, who succeeded Jaenbert in 790, had the primacy restored to him.
Extract from : « The Cathedral Church of Canterbury [2nd ed.]. » by Hartley Withers

The primacy of Ra is illustrated by the fact that Amon was identified with him.
Extract from : « Introduction to the History of Religions » by Crawford Howell Toy

Its primacy is not only one of time, but of importance also.
Extract from : « Lessons of the war with Spain and other articles » by Alfred T. Mahan

It was the price paid for its submission to the Primacy of Armagh.
Extract from : « St. Bernard of Clairvaux's Life of St. Malachy of Armagh » by H. J. Lawlor

But we are not told the exact date of his deposition from his primacy.
Extract from : « Magic and Witchcraft » by Anonymous

He himself was earl as well as bishop, he was wealthy, he was certain of the Primacy.
Extract from : « The Socialist » by Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull

There appears then no ultimate "primacy" of either idea or fact over the other.
Extract from : « Studies in Logical Theory » by John Dewey

Still, there was a primacy of honor in the inquisitor-generalship.
Extract from : « A History of The Inquisition of Spain; vol. 2, » by Henry Charles Lea

But what alarmed them most was the subject of dispute—the primacy of the pope!
Extract from : « History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century, Vol 2 » by J. H. Merle D'Aubign

The Kantian primacy of the practical reason is here made a truth.
Extract from : « A History of Philosophy in Epitome » by Albert Schwegler

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