PRIMATES
Pri*ma"tes, n. pl. Etym: [NL.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The highest order of mammals. It includes man, together with the apes and monkeys. Cf. Pitheci.
PRIMATESHIP
Pri"mate*ship, n.
Defn: The office, dignity, or position of a primate; primacy.
PRIMATIAL
Pri*ma"tial, a. Etym: [Cf. F. primatial.]
Defn: Primatical. [R.] D'Anville (Trans. ).
PRIMATICAL
Pri*mat"ic*al, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to a primate. Barrow.
PRIME
Prime, a. Etym: [F., fr. L. primus first, a superl. corresponding to
the compar. prior former. See Prior, a., Foremost, Former, and cf.
Prim, a., Primary, Prince.]
1. First in order of time; original; primeval; primitive; primary. "Prime forests." Tennyson. She was not the prime cause, but I myself. Milton.