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| | Primate (religion) - encyclopedia article about Primate (religion). |
 | | Primate (from the Latin Primus, "first") is a title or rank bestowed on some bishops in certain Christian churches. | | | Christianity is a monotheistic religion recognizing Jesus Christ as its founder and central figure. | | | In the Western Church, a Primate is an archbishop (or rarely a suffragan or exempt bishop) of a see (called a primas) which confers precedence over the other bishops of his own province, or over a number of provinces (possibly part of a province), such as a 'national' church in (historical) political/cultural terms. |
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