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† ˈprimity Obs.
[f. L. prīm-us (prime a.) + -ity; = obs. F. primité (16th c. in Godef.) and med.L. prīmitās firstness in time (a 1308 Duns Scotus, De primo principio 2. 2).]
1. The fact or position of being first in rank or order; first or chief place, priority, supremacy.
1659Pearson Creed i. 40 This primity God requires to be attributed to himself. 1660R. Sheringham King's Suprem. Asserted viii. (1682) 70 He grants him a primity of share in the supreme power. Ibid. 94 Where a transcendent interest, or primity of state, is in one man, it is sufficient to constitute a Monarchy.
2. The first part, the beginning. rare—1.
1684H. More Answer xiv. 103 Which being not a final or total Ruine of Babylon, but, as it were, the Primity thereof. |