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Webster 1913 Edition


Primitia


Pri-mi′ti-a

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Primitiæ
(#)
(
Primitias
(#)
,
obs.
).
[L.
primitiae
, pl., fr.
primus
first. Cf.
Premices
.]
(Eng. Law)
The first fruit; the first year’s whole profit of an ecclesiastical preferment.
The
primitias
of your parsonage.
Spenser.

Definition 2024


primitia

primitia

English

Noun

primitia (plural primitias or primitiae)

  1. (Britain, law, obsolete) The first fruits; the first year's whole profit of an ecclesiastical preferment.
    • Spenser
      The primitias of your parsonage.


Latin

Noun

prīmitia f (genitive prīmitiae); first declension

  1. (chiefly in the plural) first fruits

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative prīmitia prīmitiae
genitive prīmitiae prīmitiārum
dative prīmitiae prīmitiīs
accusative prīmitiam prīmitiās
ablative prīmitiā prīmitiīs
vocative prīmitia prīmitiae

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