Definition of "primatial" []

• Of or pertaining to a primate. (adjective)

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• "In Lyons it is known as the primatial church, in reference to the special dignity of the archbishop."
• "We appreciate the historic place of the Archbishop of Canterbury as a symbol of unity, while affirming that his juridical authority is restricted to that primatial See."
• "But once again, the ecumenical issue for those outside the Roman Catholic fold is whether the necessity of the existing form of primatial ministry is so theologically crucial a matter that the Church's integrity, its faithfulness to its essential purpose, is wholly compromised by a diversity of understanding about primacy."