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the fact of being the most important person or thing 首要；至高无上 a belief in the primacy of the family 家庭至上论 This college emphasizes the primacy of teaching over research. 这所大学强调教学高于研究。 This approach gives primacy to facts. 这种方法把事实放在首位。
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the position of an archbishop 总主教职
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French primatie, from medieval Latin primatia, from Latin primas, primat- ‘of the first rank’, from primus ‘first’.