- 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.
Primacy effect The theory that, other things being equal , the first one of a series to be learned is remembered best is called primacy effect.
Primacy of the infrastructure Primacy of the infrastructure means Marvin Harris’s idea that when trying to understand or explain a widespread social practice or belief, one must always