prince-primate

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An honorary title given to an especially prominent archbishop with certain secular prerogatives, in particular:; The archbishop of Esztergom in Hungary. historical
    — 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 […]
  2. An honorary title given to an especially prominent archbishop with certain secular prerogatives, in particular:; The prince-primate of the Napoleonic Confederation of the Rhine, Karl von Dalberg. historical
    — The act of the Confederation also seemed to hold forth some hope that the new federation might develop a growing community of its German member states. Apart from the presidency of the prince-primate, it mentioned the establishment of two colleges, those of the kings and princes.

词形变化

prince-primates plural princes-primate plural prince primate alternative

词源

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.
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