a senior clergyman and dignitary
"The primate of the church announced that the cathedral would remain closed for repairs next week."
any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight and flexible hands and feet
"The researcher adjusted her camera to capture the primate's agile movements as it reached for a ripe fruit high in the canopy."
A mammal of the order Primates, including simians and prosimians.
"When Pope John Paul II elevated his home see in Poland, he assumed the ancient and prestigious title of primate for that region."
In the Catholic Church, a rare title conferred to or claimed by the sees of certain archbishops, or the highest-ranking bishop of a present or historical, usually political circumscription.