The chief see and church of primacy of this Turk present
"After this I went to visit the Church of Santa Sophia, which was the chief church when it was the Christians', and now is the chief see and church of primacy of this Turk present." (Kenneth Parker (ed.), https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ALeKk011bV1yE0ybTUSGC730CYzEMvGacw:1589711334215&q=early+modern+tales+of+orient:+a+critical+anthology+kenneth+parker&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAABXLMQ7CMAwAQDFUYgAGXmDBxhIFhJCy8RKUpqaJauzKtZT2O7yC5wHjDbfe7Teud_7cjtW3cz5s__LtlebbcvGnY67BJSHCZEXYVS1myI8qOkwBu2Ki7-aOUWmBl3SoDBYJJ5AniBZkCxAh_VpJkSCyZSHpFxiQGS3DGHVA_TSrL8VlOF6LAAAA&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjO4Pua2LrpAhWq0eAKHe7LB7YQmxMoATAQegQIEBAD&sxsrf=ALeKk011bV1yE0ybTUSGC730CYzEMvGacw:1589711334215Early Modern Tales of Orient: A Critical Anthology)
The extract above relates to the late 16th century. What does the emphasized phrase mean?
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alibey1917 The extract above relates to the late 16th century. This was written around 1600. English has changed a lot since then.
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alibey1917The extract above relates to the late 16th century.
This was written around 1600. English has changed a lot since then. You have set a scholar's puzzle.
A see is a seat in the sense you see in "county seat", a locus of authority. "Primacy" refers to a primate, a top bishop. The writer is using Christian terminology to describe a Moslem arran
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