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primatial

UK/pɹʌɪˈmeɪʃ(ə)l/

primatial adjective: of or pertaining to a primate.

Adjective

primatial (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to a primate.
    • 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, published 2010, page 672

Origin of primatial

From primate + -ial.

Words that rhyme with primatial

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Questions about primatial

What does primatial mean?
Primatial means of or pertaining to a primate.
What part of speech is primatial?
Primatial is an adjective.
How do you pronounce primatial?
Primatial is pronounced /pɹʌɪˈmeɪʃ(ə)l/ (UK).

Words near primatial in the dictionary

  1. primate city
  2. primatelike
  3. primates
  4. primateship
  5. primateships
  6. primatial
  7. primatical
  8. primative
  9. primatological
  10. primatologically
  11. primatologies

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