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Definition of "primacy" [pri•ma•cy]

  • The state of being first or foremost. (noun)
  • Ecclesiastical The office, rank, or province of primate. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "primacy" in a sentence
  • "At stake is "what we call the primacy of politics.""
  • "(the term primacy refers to primary, as opposed to exclusive, responsibility for a program)."
  • "While windows may continue to be the primary desktop platform in the near-term, this primacy is by no means guaranteed in the long-term, and Microdoft knows this as well as anyone."