primate

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

pri·mate [primate primates] noun
1. BrE [ˈpraɪmeɪt] ; NAmE [ˈpraɪmeɪt] any animal that belongs to the group of ↑mammals that includes humans, ↑apes and ↑monkeys
2. BrE [ˈpraɪmət] ; NAmE [ˈpraɪmət] BrE [ˈpraɪmeɪt] ; NAmE [ˈpraɪmeɪt] an ↑archbishop (= a priest of very high rank in the Christian Church)
•the Primate of all England (= the Archbishop of Canterbury)

Word Origin:
sense 2 Middle English Old French primat Latin primas primat- ‘of the first rank’ primus ‘first’ sense 1 late 19th cent. Latin primas primat- ‘of the first rank’ primus ‘first’

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  archpriest, hierarch, high priest, prelate