"primacy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɹaɪ.mə.si/ [UK], /ˈpɹɪ.mə.si/ [UK], /ˈpɹaɪ.mə.si/ [US] Audio: en-us-primacy.ogg Forms: primacies [plural]
Etymology: From Old French primacie, from Medieval Latin primatia (“office of a church primate”), from Latin primas plus a suffix corresponding to -acy. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fro|primacie}} Old French primacie, {{der|en|ML.|primatia|t=office of a church primate}} Medieval Latin primatia (“office of a church primate”), {{der|en|la|primas}} Latin primas Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} primacy (usually uncountable, plural primacies)
  1. The state or condition of being prime or first, as in time, place, rank, etc. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (the state or condition of being prime or first): първенство (pǎrvenstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), voorang [masculine] (Dutch), primauté [feminine] (French), პრიმატი (ṗrimaṭi) (Georgian), Primat [masculine, neuter] (German), príomhacht [feminine] (Irish), 주요 (juyo) (Korean), tuatahitanga (Maori), prímdacht [feminine] (Old Irish), primado [masculine] (Portuguese), primazia [feminine] (Portuguese), перви́чность (pervíčnostʹ) [neuter] (Russian), пе́рвенство (pérvenstvo) [neuter] (Russian), перворо́дство (pervoródstvo) [neuter] (Russian), перворо́дность (pervoródnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), прима́тство (primátstvo) [neuter] (Russian), првѐнство [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), пре̏дно̄ст [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), prvènstvo [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), prȅdnōst [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), primacía [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-primacy-en-noun-kdF3Ed66 Disambiguation of 'the state or condition of being prime or first': 99 1 1 0
  2. (archaic) Excellence; supremacy. Tags: archaic, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-primacy-en-noun-SwOTf3Ci Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -acy, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Old Armenian translations, Terms with Old Irish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 66 6 3 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -acy: 21 70 5 5 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 21 69 6 4 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 87 3 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 64 5 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 90 2 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 23 64 8 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 11 82 4 4 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 16 73 6 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 27 66 5 3 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 9 83 4 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 19 73 5 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 8 86 3 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 17 76 5 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 17 76 5 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Old Armenian translations: 17 76 5 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Old Irish translations: 19 73 5 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 16 76 5 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 8 86 3 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 17 76 5 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 7 89 2 2
  3. (religion) The office, rank, or character of a primate, it being the chief ecclesiastical station or dignity in a national church. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Religion Translations (the office, rank, or character of a primate): архиепископски сан (arhiepiskopski san) [masculine] (Bulgarian), primaatschap [neuter] (Dutch), Primas [masculine] (German), príomhaíocht [feminine] (Irish), նախագահ (naxagah) (Old Armenian), primado [masculine] (Portuguese), первосвяти́тельство (pervosvjatítelʹstvo) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-primacy-en-noun-YP-UMSzD Topics: lifestyle, religion Disambiguation of 'the office, rank, or character of a primate': 8 1 73 18
  4. (religion) The office or dignity of an archbishop. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Religion
    Sense id: en-primacy-en-noun-tSMpj8yr Topics: lifestyle, religion
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: primacy effect

Inflected forms

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  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "December 25 2016, Amruta Patil, “The book in my hand”, in The Hindu:",
          "text": "I am reading Nick Sousanis’ PhD dissertation-as-a-comic Unflattening. It debunks the primacy of word over image in Western culture and suggests that the two are equal partners in meaning-making.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The state or condition of being prime or first, as in time, place, rank, etc."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Excellence; supremacy."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Excellence",
          "excellence"
        ],
        [
          "supremacy",
          "supremacy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) Excellence; supremacy."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Religion"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "December 2 2016, Ecumenical Patriarch points to areas of agreement with Pope, Catholic World News:",
          "text": "Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, who holds a primacy of honor in Eastern Orthodoxy, emphasized the many areas of agreement between Pope Francis and himself in response to the social concerns of the day.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The office, rank, or character of a primate, it being the chief ecclesiastical station or dignity in a national church."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "religion",
          "religion"
        ],
        [
          "primate",
          "primate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(religion) The office, rank, or character of a primate, it being the chief ecclesiastical station or dignity in a national church."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Religion"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The office or dignity of an archbishop."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "religion",
          "religion"
        ],
        [
          "archbishop",
          "archbishop"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(religion) The office or dignity of an archbishop."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɹaɪ.mə.si/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɹɪ.mə.si/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɹaɪ.mə.si/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pǎrvenstvo",
      "sense": "the state or condition of being prime or first",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "първенство"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "the state or condition of being prime or first",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "voorang"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the state or condition of being prime or first",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "primauté"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ṗrimaṭi",
      "sense": "the state or condition of being prime or first",
      "word": "პრიმატი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the state or condition of being prime or first",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Primat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "the state or condition of being prime or first",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "príomhacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "sga",
      "lang": "Old Irish",
      "sense": "the state or condition of being prime or first",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prímdacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "juyo",
      "sense": "the state or condition of being prime or first",
      "word": "주요"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "the state or condition of being prime or first",
      "word": "tuatahitanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the state or condition of being prime or first",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "primado"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the state or condition of being prime or first",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "primazia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pervíčnostʹ",
      "sense": "the state or condition of being prime or first",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "перви́чность"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pérvenstvo",
      "sense": "the state or condition of being prime or first",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "пе́рвенство"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pervoródstvo",
      "sense": "the state or condition of being prime or first",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "перворо́дство"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pervoródnostʹ",
      "sense": "the state or condition of being prime or first",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "перворо́дность"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "primátstvo",
      "sense": "the state or condition of being prime or first",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "прима́тство"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the state or condition of being prime or first",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "првѐнство"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the state or condition of being prime or first",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пре̏дно̄ст"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the state or condition of being prime or first",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prvènstvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the state or condition of being prime or first",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prȅdnōst"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the state or condition of being prime or first",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "primacía"
    },
    {
      "code": "xcl",
      "lang": "Old Armenian",
      "roman": "naxagah",
      "sense": "the office, rank, or character of a primate",
      "word": "նախագահ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "arhiepiskopski san",
      "sense": "the office, rank, or character of a primate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "архиепископски сан"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "the office, rank, or character of a primate",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "primaatschap"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the office, rank, or character of a primate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Primas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "the office, rank, or character of a primate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "príomhaíocht"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the office, rank, or character of a primate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "primado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pervosvjatítelʹstvo",
      "sense": "the office, rank, or character of a primate",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "первосвяти́тельство"
    }
  ],
  "word": "primacy"
}

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