Vocabulary : Primaries to Prime

Primaries : of Primary
Primarily : In a primary manner; in the first place; in the first place; in the first intention; originally.
Primariness : The quality or state of being primary, or first in time, in act, or in intention.
Primary : First in order of time or development or in intention; primitive; fundamental; original. ;; First in order, as being preparatory to something higher; as, primary assemblies; primary schools. ;; First in dignity or importance; chief; principal; as, primary planets; a matter of primary importance. ;; Earliest formed; fundamental. ;; Illustrating, possessing, or characterized by, some quality or property in the first degree; having undergone the first stage of substitution or replacement. ;; That which stands first in order, rank, or importance; a chief matter. ;; A primary meeting; a caucus. ;; One of the large feathers on the distal joint of a bird's wing. See Plumage, and Illust. of Bird. ;; A primary planet; the brighter component of a double star. See under Planet.
Primate : The chief ecclesiastic in a national church; one who presides over other bishops in a province; an archbishop. ;; One of the Primates.

Primates : The highest order of mammals. It includes man, together with the apes and monkeys. Cf. Pitheci.
Primateship : The office, dignity, or position of a primate; primacy.
Primatial : Primatical.
Primatical : Of or pertaining to a primate.
Prime : Divisible by no number except itself or unity; as, 7 is a prime number. ;; Having no common factor; -- used with to; as, 12 is prime to 25. ;; First in order of time; original; primeval; primitive; primary. ;; First in rank, degree, dignity, authority, or importance; as, prime minister. ;; First in excellence; of highest quality; as, prime wheat; a prime quality of cloth. ;; Early; blooming; being in the first stage. ;; Lecherous; lustful; lewd. ;; Marked or distinguished by a mark (') called a prime mark. ;; The first part; the earliest stage; the beginning or opening, as of the day, the year, etc.; hence, the dawn; the spring. ;; The spring of life; youth; hence, full health, strength, or beauty; perfection. ;; That which is first in quantity; the most excellent portion; the best part. ;; The morning; specifically (R. C. Ch.), the first canonical hour, succeeding to lauds. ;; The first of the chief guards. ;; Any number expressing the combining weight or equivalent of any particular element; -- so called be

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