primus inter pares
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As with the moderators of synods and assemblies, the moderatorship is a primus inter pares position appointed by the presbytery itself.
By the 1830s the Westminster system of government (or cabinet government) had emerged; the Prime Minister had become primus inter pares or the first among equals in the Cabinet and the head of government in the United Kingdom.
Christian Reformed Church of North America Church Order Article 35 a-b(2015) In most denominations the pastor serves as Moderator and presides over the session ( primus inter pares ), in which all elders have an equal vote.
He became primus inter pares among other German sovereigns.
However, the president is a primus inter pares with no additional powers, and remains the head of a department within the administration.
In his first panegyric to Constantius, Julian described the ideal ruler as being essentially primus inter pares ("first among equals"), operating under the same laws as his subjects.