Primate

From Old French or French primat, from a noun use of Latin primat-, from primus ("prime, first rank")

Full definition of primate

(plural primates)

(zoology) A mammal of the order Primates, including simians and prosimians.''Primates range from lemurs to gorillas
(informal) A simian anthropoid; an ape, human, or large monkey.
(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.