primate

Primat

A mammal of the order Primates, comprising of apes (including humans), monkeys, lemurs, tarsiers, lorisids, and galagos

• Humans are the most widespread species of primate.

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Primat

An anthropoid; ape including human

Primat

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 circumscriptionselten

Primat

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 dioceseselten

Primat

In the Anglican Church, an archbishop, or the highest-ranking bishop of an ecclesiastic provinceselten