‖a. [ It. ] (Mus.) First; chief. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ See Primigenial. ] First born, made, or generated; original; primary; elemental;
a. [ See Primogeniture. ] Of or pertaining to primogeniture. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Primogeniture. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
The primogenitive and due of birth. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ LL., fr. L. primus first + genitor a begetter. ] The first ancestor; a forefather. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ LL., fr. L. primus first + genitura a begetting, birth, generation, fr. genere, gignere, to beget: cf. F. primogéniture, L. primogenitus firstborn. See Prime, a., and Genus, Kin. ]
n. The state or privileges of the firstborn. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. primordialis, from primordium the first beginning; primus first + ordiri to begin a web, to begin: cf. F. primordial. ]
Primordial utricle (Bot.),
n. A first principle or element. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Devotion to, or persistence in, conditions of the primordial state. H. Spencer. [ 1913 Webster ]