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▪ I. † ˈprimar, n. Sc. Obs. (exc. Hist.).
Also 7 -er.
[ad. L. primārius, f. prīmus first.]
The principal of a college or university.
(In the Scottish colleges, as in Germany, primarius occurs in early Latin documents in the sense of principal. In a document of 7 Feb. 1539, the first head of St. Mary's College, St. Andrews, is designated by Archbp. Beaton Primarius, but in one three days later is styled Principalis. After the re-foundation of the college in 1554, the titles used were Principalis, Præpositus, and Præfectus, esp. the last. The Principal of this college is now ‘Primarius Professor of Divinity’. In St. Leonard's College, Primarius is frequent in the 17th c.; and at Edinburgh in the 17th c. this appears to have been the regular Latin form: see the extracts from the Register of 1664 and later, in Append. II and III to Alex. Bower's Hist. of the University, 1817.)
1620Aberdeen Regr. (1848) II. 370 Be the erection and foundation of the said college, the primar is appoyntit to teache divinitie. 1649Bp. Guthrie Mem. (1702) 54 As for the College of Edinburgh,..Mr. John Adamson, primer thereof, was furious enough in their Cause. 1646–62T. Craufurd Hist. Univ. Edin. (1808) 91 The Primar's charge, who before had been Rector and Professor of Divinity, was divided; the Council and Ministers chuseing Mr Andrew Ramsay, Minister, to be Rector of the University and Professor of Theology, and Mr Patrick Sands, Primar of the Philosophy College. 1693Slezer Theatrum Scotiæ 28 In it [Aberdeen Univ.] there is a Primar or Principal, a Professor of Theology, a Professor of the Civil Law. [1830Rep. of Commission St. Andrews, The Principal of St. Mary's College is Primarius Professor of Divinity.] 1907C. G. McCrie Confess. Ch. Scot. iii. 83 In one of his lectures when Primar of the University of Edinburgh.
So † priˈmariat Obs., the office of principal.
1646–62T. Craufurd Hist. Univ. Edin. (1808) 97 The Citie-Council..unanimouslie set their eyes upon Mr. John Adamson..to succeed to Mr. Robert Boyd in the Primariat.
▪ II. † ˈprimar, a. Sc. Obs.
[f. L. prīmāri-us, f. prīm-us first: see -ar2.]
First; = primary a. 1, primer a. 1, primitive a. 1.
1721Ramsay To Music Club 7 The primar speech with notes harmonious clear. |