different between primatial vs primate

English

Etymology

From primate +? -ial.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p????me??(?)l/
• Rhymes: -e???l

Adjective

primatial (not comparable)

1. (ecclesiastical) Of or pertaining to a primate.
   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 672:

     The Inquisition even ruined the career of Bartolomé Carranza, Archbishop of Spain's primatial see of Toledo, and a distinguished Dominican theologian.

Anagrams

• impartial

French

Etymology

primat +? -al

Adjective

primatial (feminine singular primatiale, masculine plural primatiaux, feminine plural primatiales)

1. primatial

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?a?me?t/
• Hyphenation: pri?mate

Etymology 1

From French primate [1876], from Latin primas (“one of the first, chief, excellent, noble”). So named due to the belief that primates are the “highest” order of mammals/animals.

Noun

primate (plural primates)

1. (zoology) A mammal of the order Primates, including simians and prosimians.

2. (informal) A simian anthropoid; an ape, human or monkey.

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:primate

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English primate, primat, from Old French primat, from a noun use of Latin primat-, from primas, alternative form of primus (“prime, first rank”). Compare English primus, of similar derivation and meaning. [circa 1200]

Noun

primate (plural primates)

1. (ecclesiastical) In the Catholic Church, a rare title conferred to or claimed by the sees of certain archbishops, or the highest-ranking bishop of a present or historical, usually political circumscription.
2. (ecclesiastical) In the Orthodox Church, the presiding bishop of an ecclesiastical jurisdiction or region. Usually, the expression primate refers to the first hierarch of an autocephalous or autonomous Orthodox church. Less often, it is used to refer to the ruling bishop of an archdiocese or diocese.
3. (ecclesiastical) In the Anglican Church, an archbishop, or the highest-ranking bishop of an ecclesiastic province.

Derived terms

Related terms

• primatial
• primus

Translations

See also

• ultimate
• exarch
• patriarch

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?i.mat/

Noun

primate m (plural primates)

1. primate (mammal)

See also

• primat m
• primauté
• primatie

Further reading

• “primate” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• empirât, trempai

Galician

Noun

primate m (plural primates)

1. primate (animal)

Italian

Noun

primate m (plural primati)

1. primate (ecclesiastical title)

Related terms

• primati (mammals) (plurale tantum)
• primato (primacy)

Anagrams

• impetra, temprai

Spanish

Noun

primate m (plural primates)

1. primate (animal)