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primacy

noun
🔊/ˈpraɪməsi/
🔊/ˈpraɪməsi/
(plural primacies)
(formal)
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  1. [uncountable] the fact of being the most important person or thing首要；至高无上
    • a belief in the primacy of the family家庭至上论
    • This college emphasizes the primacy of teaching over research.这所大学强调教学胜于研究。
    • This approach gives primacy to facts.这种方法把事实放在首位。
  2. [countable] the position of an archbishop总主教职Topics Religion and festivalsc2
    3. Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French primatie, from medieval Latin primatia, from Latin primas, primat- ‘of the first rank’, from primus ‘first’.