primatial
English
Etymology
From primate + -ial.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /pɹʌɪˈmeɪʃ(ə)l/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃəl
Adjective
primatial (not comparable)
- (ecclesiastical) Of or pertaining to a primate.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 672:
- The Inquisition even ruined the career of Bartolomé Carranza, Archbishop of Spain's primatial see of Toledo, and a distinguished Dominican theologian.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 672:
Anagrams
- impartial
French
Etymology
primat + -al
Adjective
primatial (feminine primatiale, masculine plural primatiaux, feminine plural primatiales)
- primatial
Further reading
- “primatial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.