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primate

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pri·mate  (prmt, -mt)
n.
1. (prmt) A mammal of the order Primates, which includes the anthropoids and prosimians, characterized by refined development of the hands and feet, a shortened snout, and a large brain.
2. A bishop of highest rank in a province or country.

[From New Latin Prmts, order name, from Latin prmts, pl. of prms, principal, of first rank, from prmus, first; see per1 in Indo-European roots. Sense 2, from Middle English primat, from Old French, from Medieval Latin prms, prmt-, from Latin.]

pri·matial (-mshl) adj.

primate 1
Noun
a mammal with flexible hands and feet and a highly developed brain, such as a monkey, an ape, or a human being

primate 2
Noun
an archbishop [Latin primas principal]

primate  (prmt)
Any of various mammals of the order Primates, having a highly developed brain, eyes facing forward, a shortened nose and muzzle, and opposable thumbs. Primates usually live in groups with complex social systems, and their high intelligence allows them to adapt their behavior successfully to different environments. Lemurs, monkeys, apes, and humans are primates.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.primateprimate - a senior clergyman and dignitary    
priest - a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders
2.primate - any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight and flexible hands and feet
eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal - mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
order Primates, Primates - an animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings
simian - an ape or monkey
ape - any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all
anthropoid - any member of the suborder Anthropoidea including monkeys and apes and hominids
hominoid - a primate of the superfamily Hominoidea
hominid - a primate of the family Hominidae
monkey - any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians)
prosimian - primitive primates having large ears and eyes and characterized by nocturnal habits
lemur - large-eyed arboreal prosimian having foxy faces and long furry tails
tarsier - nocturnal arboreal primate of Indonesia and the Philippines having huge eyes and digits ending in pads to facilitate climbing; the only primate that spurns all plant material as food living entirely on insects and small vertebrates

primate
Translations
primate n [ˈpraɪmɪt] (REL) → primado
n [ˈpraɪmeɪt] (ZOOL) → primate m

primate n (Rel) [ˈpraɪmɪt]primat m;
(Zool) [ˈpraɪmeɪt]primate m

primate [ˈpraɪmɪt] n (Zool) → Primat m;
(Rel) → Primas m

primate n (REL) [ˈpraɪmɪt], (ZOOL) [ˈpraɪmeɪt]primate m

primate1
n primate [ˈpraimeit]
an archbishop. aartsbiskop رَئيس أساقِفَه архиепископ arcibiskup ærkebiskop der Primas αρχιεπίσκοπος primado peapiiskop اسقف اعظم arkkipiispa primat אַרכִיבִישוֹף धर्माधिपति prímás (egyházi) uskup agung erkibiskup primate 大司教 대주교 arkivyskupas arhibīskaps ketua biskop primaat erkebiskop prymas primaz arhi­episcop примас arcibiskup nadškof arhiepiskop primas, ärkebiskop หัวหน้าของบิชอพ başpiskopos 大主教 архієпископ لاٹ پادري tổng giám mục


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Charles, Cardinal de Bourbon, Archbishop and Comte of Lyon, Primate of the Gauls, was allied both to Louis XI.
The bigoted and haughty primate, Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, controlled the religious affairs of the realm, and was consequently invested with powers which might have wrought the utter ruin of the two Puritan colonies, Plymouth and Massachusetts.
If he struggled up from barbarism, and still more remotely from the lower Primates, his ideal should be to surpass man himself and reach Superman (see especially the Prologue).
 
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