primus

[prahy-muhs]

pri·mus

1[prahy-muhs]
noun, plural pri·mus·es. (often initial capital letter)
Scottish Episcopal Church. a bishop who is elected to represent the church body and to summon and preside at synods but who possesses no metropolitan power.

Origin:
1855–60; < Medieval Latin prīmus, noun use of Latin adj.; see prime

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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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pri·mus

2[prahy-muhs]
adjective
(in prescriptions) first.

Origin:
1790–1800; < Latin prīmus; see prime

Pri·mus

[pree-muhs]
noun
Pearl, 1919–1994, U.S. dancer, born in Trinidad.
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primus (ˈpraɪməs)
 
n
Scottish Episcopal Church the presiding bishop in the Synod
 
[from Latin: first]

Primus (ˈpraɪməs)
 
n
trademark Also called: Primus stove a portable paraffin cooking stove, used esp by campers

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