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单词 praemetial
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praemetialadj.

Forms: 1600s praemetiall.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin praemetium , -al suffix1.
Etymology: < classical Latin praemetium offering of first-fruits (to Ceres; < praemetere to cut off (or < its elements prae- pre- prefix + metere to reap: see messor n.) + -ium : see -y suffix3) + -al suffix1.
Obsolete. rare.
Measured out or taken from the first fruits.
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1615 Bp. J. Hall Recoll. Treat. sig. A2v [To] offer to your Maiestie some præmetiall handfulls of that crop, whereof you may challenge the whole haruest.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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