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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

The quality or state of being primary, or first in time, in act, or in intention.

Norris.

Noun.

The state of being first in time, in act or intention.

primariness ‎(uncountable)

The quality or state of being primary, or first in time, act, or intention.
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quality or state