primacy

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

PRI'MACY, noun [Latin primatus, from primus, first. See Prime.] 1. The chief ecclesiastical station or dignity; the office or dignity of an archbishop. 2. Excellency; supremacy.
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