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Primogeniture
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The exclusive right of inheritance which belongs to the eldest son. Thus in England the right of inheriting the estate of the father belongs to the eldest son, and in the royal family the eldest son of the sovereign is entitled to the throne by primogeniture. In exceptional cases, among the female children, the crown descends by right of primogeniture to the eldest daughter only and her issue.
Primogenitureship
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The state or privileges of the firstborn.
Primordial
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First in order; primary; original; of earliest origin; as, primordial condition.
Primordial
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Of or pertaining to the lowest beds of the Silurian age, corresponding to the Acadian and Potsdam periods in American geology. It is called also Cambrian, and by many geologists is separated from the Silurian.
Primordial
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Originally or earliest formed in the growth of an individual or organ; as, a primordial leaf; a primordial cell.
Primordial
n.
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A first principle or element.
Primordialism
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Devotion to, or persistence in, conditions of the primordial state.
Primordially
adv.
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At the beginning; under the first order of things; originally.
Primordian
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A name given to several kinds of plums; as, red primordian, amber primordian, etc.
Primordiate
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Primordial.
Primp
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To be formal or affected in dress or manners; -- often with up.
Primrose
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An early flowering plant of the genus Primula (P. vulgaris) closely allied to the cowslip. There are several varieties, as the white-, the red-, the yellow-flowered, etc. Formerly called also primerole, primerolles.
Primrose
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Any plant of the genus Primula.
Primrose
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Of or pertaining to the primrose; of the color of a primrose; -- hence, flowery; gay.
Primula
n.
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The genus of plants including the primrose (Primula vera).
Primulaceous
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Of or pertaining to an order of herbaceous plants (Primulaceae), of which the primrose is the type, and the pimpernel, the cyclamen, and the water violet are other examples.
Primum mobile
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In the Ptolemaic system, the outermost of the revolving concentric spheres constituting the universe, the motion of which was supposed to carry with it all the inclosed spheres with their planets in a daily revolution from east to west. See Crystalline heavens, under Crystalline.
Primus
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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.
Primy
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Being in its prime.
Prince
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The one of highest rank; one holding the highest place and authority; a sovereign; a monarch; -- originally applied to either sex, but now rarely applied to a female.
Prince
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The son of a king or emperor, or the issue of a royal family; as, princes of the blood.
Prince
a.
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A title belonging to persons of high rank, differing in different countries. In England it belongs to dukes, marquises, and earls, but is given to members of the royal family only. In Italy a prince is inferior to a duke as a member of a particular order of nobility; in Spain he is always one of the royal family.
Prince
a.
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The chief of any body of men; one at the head of a class or profession; one who is preeminent; as, a merchant prince; a prince of players.
Prince
v. i.
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To play the prince.
Princedom
n.
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The jurisdiction, sovereignty, rank, or estate of a prince.
Princehood
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Princeliness.
Princekin
n.
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A petty prince; a princeling.
Princeless
a.
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Without a prince.
Princelet
n.
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A petty prince.
Princelike
a.
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Princely.