The phrase "a primacy of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate the state of being primary or of utmost importance in a particular context.
Example: "In this organization, there is a primacy of ethical considerations in all decision-making processes."
Alternatives: "a priority of" or "a precedence of".
An adulthood in which there is a primacy of friendship.
Groups of tuatha tended to combine, but the king who claimed overlordship in each group had a primacy of honour rather than of jurisdiction.
The emphasis that the Portuguese Prime Minister placed on social issues, in his words "a primacy of politics over the economy," indicates that national choices and policies are to be considered indispensable in the fulfillment of European objectives.
The elder Mr Miliband enjoys a primacy of sorts: urged by some to challenge Mr Brown for the party leadership early this year, he snagged the most important office after refusing to do so.
Bartholomew I, the Istanbul-based Ecumenical Patriarch who enjoys a "primacy of honour" among the bishops of the Orthodox world, will have a symbolically resonant meeting with Pope Francis in Jerusalem on May 25th.
Studies carried out to assess the effectiveness of the linguistic modes (reading-drawing-writing-talking and seeing-listening) were analyzed and the results consistently showed that: 1) performance is enhanced with a greater the number of linguistic modes, and 2) there is a primacy of the visual mode over the auditory.
In a recent review in this field, it was suggested that parental psychopathology and family functioning have reciprocal effects without a causal primacy of one of the two [ 21].
"The disproportion between the recruiters and academic support, on its face, did not suggest that there was an adequate primacy of the educational mission".
"The Pacific Ocean really has taken on a kind of a primacy in our world today," said Cameron, who came on as curator in 2011.
As a result, the primacy of substance over style is reversed.
Furthermore, narratives show that from the standpoint of ethics there is a kind of primacy of the other-than-self over the self.
