Primacy

Primacy may refer to:

• an office of the Primate (bishop)
• the supremacy of one bishop or archbishop over others, most notably:
  • Primacy of Peter, ecclesiological doctrine on the primacy of Peter the Apostle
  • Primacy of the Roman Pontiff, ecclesiological doctrine on the primacy of the Roman See
  • Primacy of the Five Sees, ecclesiological doctrine on the primacy of the five major patriarchates (pentarchy)
  • Primacy of Jerusalem in Christianity, ecclesiological doctrine on the primacy of the See of Jerusalem
  • Primacy of Canterbury, the supremacy of the Archbishop of Canterbury over the Archbishop of York
• Primacy of Jerusalem in Judaism, religious primacy of the Holy City of Jerusalem in Judaism
• Aramaic primacy, a scholarly theory in the Christian Bible studies
• Primacy of the House of Commons, a political system based on the primacy of the House of Commons over the House of Lords
• Primacy of European Union law, a legal concept in the international law
• Primacy effect, a concept in psychology and sociology
• Primacy (company), a digital marketing agency based in Connecticut, USA
• Primacy, a suburb of Bangor, County Down

See also

• Primate (disambiguation)
• Primacy of Jerusalem (disambiguation)