Index of English words, starting with "pr"

(1) - Primarily (adv.) In a primary manner; in the first place; in the first place; in the first intention; originally.

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

(1) - Primate (a.) One of the Primates.
(2) - Primate (a.) The chief ecclesiastic in a national church; one who presides over other bishops in a province; an archbishop.

(1) - Primates (n. pl.) The highest order of mammals. It includes man, together with the apes and monkeys. Cf. Pitheci.