What does "primatical" mean?

Of or pertaining to a primate (the church thing, not the monkeys).

Primatical

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Adjective

1
Of or pertaining to a primate (the church thing, not the monkeys). archaic
"Before I proceed any further I ſhall briefly dravv ſome Corollaries from this Hiſtorical account vvhich I have given of the original and grovvth of Metropolitical, Primatical, and Patriarchal Juriſdiction."

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"Before I proceed any further I ſhall briefly dravv ſome Corollaries from this Hiſtorical account vvhich I have given of the original and grovvth of Metropolitical, Primatical, and Patriarchal Juriſdiction."

Etymology

From primate + -ical.

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