Primacy
noun, plural primacies for 2, 3.
1.
the state of being first in order, rank, importance, etc.
2.
Also called primateship. English Ecclesiastics. the office, rank, or dignity of a primate.
3.
Roman Catholic Church. the jurisdiction of a bishop, as a patriarch, over other bishoprics, or the supreme jurisdiction of the pope as supreme bishop.
noun (pl) -cies
1.
the state of being first in rank, grade, etc
2.
(Christianity) the office, rank, or jurisdiction of a primate or senior bishop or (in the Roman Catholic Church) the pope
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