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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
primacy /ˈprʌɪməsi/

▶noun

1 pre-eminence.

2 the office of a primate of the Church.

– origin ME: from OFr. primatie, from med. L. primatia, from L. primas, primat- (see primate1).

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economism - romanticism

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