primatical

English

Etymology

From primate +‎ -ical.

Adjective

primatical (comparative more primatical, superlative most primatical)

1. (ecclesiastical, archaic) Of or pertaining to a primate (the church thing, not the monkeys).
   • a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “[The V. [Supposition] that the Bishops of Rome (According to God’s Institution and by Original Right Derived thence) should have an Universal Supremacy and Jurisdiction over the Christian Church]”, in J[ohn] Tillotson, editor, A Treatise of the Pope’s Supremacy. […], London: […] Miles Flesher, for Brabazon Aylmer, […], published 1680, →OCLC, page 255:

     Before I proceed any further I ſhall briefly dravv ſome Corollaries from this Hiſtorical account vvhich I have given of the original and grovvth of Metropolitical, Primatical, and Patriarchal Juriſdiction.

References

• “primatical”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.