- The state or condition of being prime or first, as in
time, place, rank, etc., hence, excellency; supremacy. - The office, rank, or character of a primate; the chief
ecclesiastical station or dignity in a national church; the office or
dignity of an archbishop; as, the primacy of England.
- Sorry Edward II left diary in prison - Relating to penance, or to the rules and measures of
penance. - Expressive of penitence; as, a penitentiary letter. - Used for punishment, discipline, and reformation. - One who prescribes the rules and measures of penance. - One who does penance. - A small building in a monastery where penitents
confessed.