Definizione monolingua

primate

primate (plural primates)

1. (zoology) A mammal of the order Primates, including simians and prosimians.

   Primates range from lemures to gorillas

2. (informal) A simian anthropoid; an ape, human, or large monkey.
3. (ecclesiastical) In the Catholic Church, a rare title conferred to or claimed by the sees of certain archbishops, or the highest-ranking bishop of a present or historical, usually political circonscription.
4. (ecclesiastical) In the Anglican Church, an archbishop, or the highest-ranking bishop of an ecclesiastic province.

Definizione dizionario primate

	primate
	archbishop or bishop
	Ordine di mammiferi, che include le scimmie, gli scimpanzè e gli esseri umani.
	Order of mammals containing monkeys, apes, and human beings.

	primati
	mammal
	Ordine di mammiferi, che include le scimmie, gli scimpanzè e gli esseri umani.
	Order of mammals containing monkeys, apes, and human beings.

arcivescovo

primates

quadrumane

scimmia

Altri significati:

(ecclesiastical) In the Catholic Church, a rare title conferred to or claimed by the sees of certain archbishops, or the highest-ranking bishop of a present or historical, usually political circonscription.

(ecclesiastical) In the Anglican Church, an archbishop, or the highest-ranking bishop of an ecclesiastic province.

In the Western Catholic Church and in the Anglican Communion, a bishop with higher rank than a metropolitan archbishop but, in the Catholic Church, with less high rank than a major archbishop.

(informal) A simian anthropoid; an ape, human, or large monkey.

(zoology) A mammal of the order '''Primates''' , including simians and prosimians.