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Meaning
Noun
●
In Zoology:
A
mammal
of the order Primates, including
simians
and prosimians.
●
A
simian
anthropoid
; an
ape
, human or monkey.
●
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.
●
In the Orthodox Church, the
presiding
bishop
of an
ecclesiastical
jurisdiction
or
region
. Usually, the
expression
primate
refer
s 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.
●
In the Anglican Church, an
archbishop
, or the highest-ranking
bishop
of an
ecclesiastic
province.
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