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Primacy

The supreme episcopal jurisdiction of the pope as pastor and governor of the Universal Church

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Primacy (Lat. primatus, primus, first), the supreme episcopal jurisdiction of the pope as pastor and governor of the Universal Church. (See Pope.)

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