primate
n. any highly developed mammal that engages in complex behaviors and social interaction (such as man, monkeys, etc.); archbishop; high cardinal | ||||
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Primate Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Primate
(a.)
The chief ecclesiastic in a national church; one who presides over other bishops in a province; an archbishop.
(a.)
One of the Primates.
(a.)
The chief ecclesiastic in a national church; one who presides over other bishops in a province; an archbishop.
(a.)
One of the Primates.
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primate
Noun
1. a senior clergyman and dignitary
(synonym) archpriest, hierarch, high priest, prelate
(hypernym) priest
(hyponym) Inge, William Ralph Inge, the Gloomy Dean
2. any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight and flexible hands and feet
(hypernym) placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal
(hyponym) simian
(member-holonym) Primates, order Primates
Noun
1. a senior clergyman and dignitary
(synonym) archpriest, hierarch, high priest, prelate
(hypernym) priest
(hyponym) Inge, William Ralph Inge, the Gloomy Dean
2. any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight and flexible hands and feet
(hypernym) placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal
(hyponym) simian
(member-holonym) Primates, order Primates
| The Devil's Dictionary |
PRIMATE
Primate, (n.)
The head of a church, especially a State church supported by involuntary contributions. The Primate of England is the Archbishop of Canterbury, an amiable old gentleman, who occupies Lambeth Palace when living and Westminster Abbey when dead. He is commonly dead.
Primate, (n.)
The head of a church, especially a State church supported by involuntary contributions. The Primate of England is the Archbishop of Canterbury, an amiable old gentleman, who occupies Lambeth Palace when living and Westminster Abbey when dead. He is commonly dead.
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primate
\pri"mate\ (?), n. [oe. primat, f. primat, l. primas, -atis one of the first, chief, fr. primus the first. see prime, a.]
1. the chief ecclesiastic in a national church; one who presides over other bishops in a province; an archbishop.
2. (zo?l.) one of the primates.
primate
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primate
\pri"mate\ (?), n. [oe. primat, f. primat, l. primas, -atis one of the first, chief, fr. primus the first. see prime, a.]
1. the chief ecclesiastic in a national church; one who presides over other bishops in a province; an archbishop.
2. (zo?l.) one of the primates.
Primate Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Primate
A primate is any member of the biological order Primates, the group that contains all the species commonly related to the lemurs, monkeys, and apes, with the last category including humans. Primates are found all over the world. Non-human primates occur mostly in Central and South America, Africa, and southern Asia. A few species exist as far north in the Americas as southern Mexico, and as far north in Asia as northern Japan.
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