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Primate

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

In Ecclesiastical Law. An archbishop who has jurisdiction over his province, or one of several metropolitans presiding over others. Exarch comes nearest to it in the Greek church. The Archbishop of Canterbury is the Primate of All England; the Archbishop of York is Primate of England.