- the state of being first in order, rank, importance, etc.
- the office, rank, or dignity of a primate.
- the jurisdiction of a bishop, as a patriarch, over other bishoprics, or the supreme jurisdiction of the pope as supreme bishop.
- the state of being first in rank, grade, etc
- the office, rank, or jurisdiction of a primate or senior bishop or (in the Roman Catholic Church) the pope
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