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One of the Primates.

The highest order of mammals. It includes man, together with the apes and monkeys. Cf. Pitheci.

The office, dignity, or position of a primate; primacy.

The chief primate. Milton.

The suborder of primates which includes the monkeys, apes, and man.

A chief bishop; a church dignitary of the first class (often called a metropolitan or primate) who superintends the conduct of the suffragan bishops in his province, and also exercises episcopal authority in his own diocese.

ngland, giving its name various articles. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury (primate of all England), and contains the shrine of Thomas à Becket, to which pilgrimages were formerly made.

A subdeacon who bears a cross before an archbishop or primate on solemn occasions.

A suborder of primates, including the lemurs, the aye-aye, and allied species. [Written also Lemuroida.]

A hypothetical genus of primates intermediate between man and the anthropoid apes. Haeckel.

A division of mammals including the apes and monkeys. Sometimes used in the sense of Primates.

The office, rank, or character of a primate; the chief ecclesiastical station or dignity in a national church; the office or dignity of an archbishop; as, the primacy of England.

Of or pertaining to a primate. Barrow.

A division of the Primates comprising the apes and monkeys; -- so called because the hind foot is usually prehensile, and the great toe opposable somewhat like a thumb. Formerly the Quadrumana were considered an order distinct from the Bimana, which last included man alone.