Obs. [f. FIRST a. + -HEAD, -HOOD.] The position of one who is first; primacy.
1382. Wyclif, Ecclus. xxiv. 10 [6]. In alle folc of kinde the firsthede I hadde.
1619. W. Whately, God’s Husb., I. (1622), 66. Diotrephes … desired to be reputed the onely man (which is the louing of first-hood, as the Apostle calls it).
a. 1679. T. Goodwin, Exp. Eph., vi. Wks. 1681, I. 83. In Election Christ held the Primacy, the First-hood.
