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pri⋅mus

1  [prahy-muhs]
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–noun, plural -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; < ML prīmus, n. use of L adj.; see prime

Pri⋅mus

  [pree-muhs]
–noun
Pearl, 1919–1994, U.S. dancer, born in Trinidad.
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pri·mus   (prī'məs)   
n.   pl. pri·mus·es
often Primus The first in rank of the bishops of Scotland.

[Medieval Latin prīmus, from Latin, first; see per1 in Indo-European roots.]
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