primary loyalty

collocation in English

meaningsofprimaryandloyalty

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primary
adjective
uk
/ˈpraɪ.mər.i/us
/ˈpraɪ.mer.i/
more important than anything ...
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loyalty
noun
uk
/ˈlɔɪ.əl.ti/us
/ˈlɔɪ.əl.t̬i/
the quality of ...
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(Definition ofprimaryandloyaltyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Once in the cities, they still gave theirprimaryloyaltyto members of the same locality or kinship grouping.
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One'sprimaryloyaltywas to family, clan, village or people rather than to one's employer or the state.
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The question, in short, is: where does hisprimaryloyaltylie?
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In these circumstances, is the solicitor'sprimaryloyaltyto the building society or to the individual purchaser?
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We are uncertain where yourprimaryloyaltylies.
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In deciding where theprimaryloyaltyof the citizen lies the criteria of residence and nationality are useful.
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It may be that theirprimaryloyaltyshould be to a particular group of schools, rather than to a particular local education authority.
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The closer focus will come from those officials if they now oweprimaryloyaltyto the new department.
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It is a strange relationship in which one'sprimaryloyaltyis not to one's major employer.
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I am saying that residence is a necessary part of showing where theprimaryloyaltyof the individual is.
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Some teachers, for instance, have said that theirprimaryloyaltysurely lies to their profession and to the education of children.
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However, in this case we do not want people who wish to fight the corner of a particular organisation and to whom they owe theirprimaryloyalty.
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