primateship

[Eng. primate; -ship.] The office, dignity, or position of a primate; primacy. *pri-mā-tial (ti as sh), a. [Fr. prim at =a primate (q. v.).] Of or pertaining to a primate. *pri-măt-Ic-al, a. [Eng. primate ; -ical.] The same as PRIMATIAL (q.v.). "The original and growth of metropolitical, primatical , and patriarchal jurisdiction."- Barrow : The Pope's Supremacy.