primacy

Meaning

Noun

• The state or condition of being prime or first, as in time, place, rank, etc.
• excellence; supremacy.
• The office, rank, or character of a primate, it being the chief ecclesiastical station or dignity in a national church
• the office or dignity of an archbishop

Origin

• From Old French primacie, from Medieval Latin primatia, from Latin primas plus a suffix corresponding to -acy.