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prince-primate

noun

Etymology

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.

  1. derived from prīmās — “chief bishop”
  2. derived from primat
  3. inherited from primat
  4. compounded as prince-primate — “prince + primate”

Definitions

  1. An honorary title given to an especially prominent archbishop with certain secular…

    An honorary title given to an especially prominent archbishop with certain secular prerogatives, in particular:

    • Soon, on the right, appears the cathedral of Grann [Esztergom], a miniature of St. Peter’s, in something like red porphyry, built within this century by the prince-primates, at their own private expense […]
    • These factors may have convinced Pope Pius XII to pass over other figures in the Hungarian Church and select Mindszenty in August 1945 to be cardinal at Esztergom and thus prince-primate of Hungary.

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