Definitions for primate

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primate pri·mate

Spelling: [prahy-meyt or especially for 1, prahy-mit]

IPA: /ˈpraɪ meɪt or especially for 1, ˈpraɪ mɪt/

Primate is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 297 anagrams from letters in primate (aeimprt).

Definitions for primate

noun

1. Ecclesiastical. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.
2. any of various omnivorous mammals of the order Primates, comprising the three suborders Anthropoidea (humans, great apes, gibbons, Old World monkeys, and New World monkeys), Prosimii (lemurs, loris, and their allies), and Tarsioidea (tarsiers), especially distinguished by the use of hands, varied locomotion, and by complex flexible behavior involving a high level of social interaction and cultural adaptability.
3. Archaic. a chief or leader.

Origin of primate

1175-1225; Middle English primat dignitary, religious leader Late Latin prīmāt- (stem of prīmās), noun use of Latin prīmās of first rank, derivative of prīmus first (see

Examples for primate

But the primate and five of his suffragans were still inflexible.

The quarrel every day increased between the king and the primate.

In the sacraments of Nagualism, Woman was the primate and hierophant.

Believed to be around 16 years old at the time, the primate had endured a life in the entertainment business.

The New York-born girl may be have grown up near the state's capital, but she found her primate type in college.

Truly the primate of all Scotland was fortunate in the death he died.

But first a word on human lice, a noble symbiote who has been working the primate circuit for millions of years.

Furthermore, the primate system permits the best in-depth platform for comparative studies.

Stones were flung at the carriages of the primate and Fitzgibbon.

On the death of Cardinal Beaton, he became his successor as primate.