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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. One of the bishops of the Episcopal Church of Scotland, who presides at the meetings of the bishops, and has certain privileges but no metropolitan authority.
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Primus , from Latin "the first", may be used both as the first name and the numeral title. It may refer to: Alexander Monro (primus) (1697–1767), Scottish physician Pope Primus of Alexandria (r. 106–118), Coptic patriarch Saint Primus (died c. 297), Christian ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Latin for "first, the first" (see prime (adj.)).
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Primus \Pri"mus\, n. [L., the first.] One of the bishops of the Episcopal Church of Scotland, who presides at the meetings of the bishops, and has certain privileges but no metropolitan authority. --Internat. Cyc.
Usage examples of primus.
Crystal shivers poured down from the chandelier, the mantelpiece mirror was cracked into stars, plaster dust flew, spent cartridges bounced over the floor, window-panes shattered, benzene spouted from the bullet-pierced primus.
But the perfidious Behemoth doused the confectionery counter with benzene from his primus, as one douses a bench in a bathhouse widi a tub of water, and it blazed up of itself.
As Briony came up, a probationer with a Primus stove on a trolley was already preparing the fresh solution.
Julia was in the triclinium with Primus, reclining comfortably on one of the couches and laughing at one of his salacious jokes.
Orazio mentre, rovesciati colla scure i primi assalitori, disdegnando combattere al coperto aveva sporta la persona al disopra della barricata per raggiungere nuovi nemici.
The Academies were full of young Readers named Primus or Secundus, Tertia or Puella.
They said nothing: had alliances been possible, Tertius might have sided with Primus against Septimus.
Primus is more faithful to Prometheus than you ever were to Arria or Fannia or a dozen others I could name.
But Egidio of Viterbo wrote: Primus pontificum filios filiasque palam ostentauit, Primus eorum apertas fecit nuptias.
In order to keep the lashings pliable while they were being put on, they used a Primus lamp on a stone close to where they were working.
I primi cristiani, perseguitati dal governo imperiale di Roma, allora pagano, con atroce accanimento, si rifuggivano nelle catacombe, per salvezza sovente e sovente per potersi adunare, consigliarsi, istruirsi nella nuova loro religione.
I started my lecture on the primus with the Nentsi listening to me gravely, and between us, as in a dream, a column of smoke rising up straight as though made of long grey ribbons.
And then, alone in the coach, pulled by a team of four coal-black stallions, Lord Primus left the village of Nottaway, in significantly worse temper than he had arrived there.
Primi Ordinis vestri ac reliqui Senatus amplissimi auctoritate firmatus.
I primi venti della tua schiera, disse a Mimo, marcino radi e adagio sino ad incontrare il nemico.