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noun
An honorary title given to an especially prominent archbishop with certain secular prerogatives, in particular:
The archbishop of Esztergom in Hungary.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: Catholicism, Christianity, Roman-Catholicism
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noun
An honorary title given to an especially prominent archbishop with certain secular prerogatives, in particular:
The prince-primate of the Napoleonic Confederation of the Rhine, Karl von Dalberg.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: Catholicism, Christianity, Roman-Catholicism
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History
From prince + primate, a calque of German Fürstprimas. In the case of the archbishop of Esztergom, the title derived from his status as primate of Hungary and a prince of the Holy Roman Empire from 1715.
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