primate

  1. Noun.  (zoology) A mammal of the order ''Primates'', including simians and prosimians.
  2. Noun.  (informal) A simian anthropoid; an ape, human(,) or large monkey.
  3. Noun.  (ecclesiastical) In the Catholic Church, a rare title conferred to or claimed by the sees of certain archbishops, or the highest-ranking bishop of a present or historical, usually political circonscription.
  4. Noun.  (ecclesiastical) In the Anglican Church, an archbishop, or the highest-ranking bishop of an ecclesiastic province.

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