Primacy

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Primacy may refer to:

  • an office of the Primate (bishop)
  • the supremacy of one bishop or archbishop over others, most notably:
    • Primacy of Peter, ecclesiological doctrine on the primacy of Peter the Apostle
    • Primacy of the Roman Pontiff, ecclesiological doctrine on the primacy of the Roman See
    • Primacy of the Five Sees
      , ecclesiological doctrine on the primacy of the five major patriarchates (pentarchy)
    • Primacy of Jerusalem in Christianity
      , ecclesiological doctrine on the primacy of the See of Jerusalem
    • Primacy of Canterbury, the supremacy of the Archbishop of Canterbury over the Archbishop of York
  • Primacy of Jerusalem in Judaism
    , religious primacy of the Holy City of Jerusalem in Judaism
  • Aramaic primacy
    , a scholarly theory in the Christian Bible studies
  • Primacy of the House of Commons
    , a political system based on the primacy of the House of Commons over the House of Lords
  • Primacy of European Union law, a legal concept in the international law
  • Primacy effect
    , a concept in psychology and sociology
  • Primacy (company), a digital marketing agency based in Connecticut, USA
  • Primacy, a suburb of Bangor, County Down

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