the Week of Proper 3 / Ordinary 8
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Primary
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(a.) First in order, as being preparatory to something higher; as, primary assemblies; primary schools.
(2):
(a.) Earliest formed; fundamental.
(3):
(a.) Illustrating, possessing, or characterized by, some quality or property in the first degree; having undergone the first stage of substitution or replacement.
(4):
(a.) First in order of time or development or in intention; primitive; fundamental; original.
(5):
(a.) First in dignity or importance; chief; principal; as, primary planets; a matter of primary importance.
(6):
(n.) That which stands first in order, rank, or importance; a chief matter.
(7):
(n.) A primary meeting; a caucus.
(8):
(n.) One of the large feathers on the distal joint of a bird's wing. See Plumage, and Illust. of Bird.
(9):
(n.) A primary planet; the brighter component of a double star. See under Planet.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Primary'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/p/primary.html. 1828.
