primacy

etusija The state or condition of being prime or first, as in time, place, rank, etc.
December 25 2016, Amruta Patil writing in The Hindu, http://www.thehindu.com/books/The-book-in-my-hand-December-25-2016/article16939807.ece The book in my hand
I am reading Nick Sousanis’ PhD dissertation-as-a-comic Unflattening. It debunks the primacy of word over image in Western culture and suggests that the two are equal partners in meaning-making.
puhekieltä excellence; supremacy.
puhekieltä The office, rank, or character of a primate, it being the chief ecclesiastical station or dignity in a national church
December 2 2016, Catholic World News, https://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=30106 Ecumenical Patriarch points to areas of agreement with Pope

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, who holds a primacy of honor in Eastern Orthodoxy, emphasized the many areas of agreement between Pope Francis and himself in response to the social concerns of the day.