English Explanatory Dictionary

prince-primate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An honorary title given to an especially prominent archbishop with certain secular prerogatives, in particular:
  2. The archbishop of Esztergom in Hungary.
  3. The prince-primate of the Napoleonic Confederation of the Rhine, Karl von Dalberg.

Word forms

prince-primate prince-primates princes-primate prince primate

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.

Translations

Dutch: vorst-primaat German: Fürstprimas Hungarian: hercegprímás
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