PRIMATE

primate

(noun) any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight and flexible hands and feet

archpriest, hierarch, high priest, prelate, primate

(noun) a senior clergyman and dignitary

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

primate (plural primates)

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

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

Hyponyms

• See also primate

• ape

• aye-aye

• capuchin

• douroucouli

• entrina (Indri indri)

• galago

• gibbon

• great ape

• howler monkey

• human, human being

• indri (Indri indri)

• lemur

• loris

• marmoset

• monkey

• night monkey

• owl monkey

• potto

• saki

• simian

• spider monkey

• squirrel monkey

• tamarin

• tarsier

• titi

• uakari

• woolly monkey

Etymology 2

Noun

primate (plural primates)

(ecclesiastical) In the Catholic Church, a rare title conferred to or claimed by the sees of certain

(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.

(ecclesiastical) In the Anglican Church, an archbishop, or the highest-ranking bishop of an ecclesiastic province.

Source: Wiktionary


Pri"mate, n. Etym: [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. (Zoöl.)

Definition: One of the Primates.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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