Definition of Primate

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PRIMATE noun

	The head of a church, especially a State church supported by involuntary contributions. The Primate of England is the Archbishop of Canterbury, an amiable old gentleman, who occupies Lambeth Palace when living and Westminster Abbey when dead. He is commonly dead.

		definition from: *The Devil's Dictionary* by Ambrose Bierce, 1911

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