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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Primate

/prīm'-ātˌ/ · Pri·mate · IPA /ˈpɹaɪmeɪt/
01 n. The chief ecclesiastic in a national church; one who presides over other bishops in a province; an archbishop.
  1. 1.
    The chief ecclesiastic in a national church; one who presides over other bishops in a province; an archbishop.
  2. 2.
    One of the Primates.(Zool.)