Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete form of
primer .
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Examples
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"I think there's what the law folks call a prymer facy case against him," replied Mallalieu.
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The title is printed wholly in red, over the king's arms crowned, gartered, and fupported by a wyvern and a greyhound, the rofc and pomegranate over them, the flower de luce and portcullis beneath, a riband flying over all with Dieu et mon droyt like that ufed by J. Gowghe to a Salifbury prymer, 1536.
Typographical antiquities: an historical account of printing in England ... 1790
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"The prymer in Englyffhe and Laten, after the vfe of Sarum, fet 1542. out at lengch, with many goodly prayers, with the epyltles and gofpel throout the hoole yeare."
Typographical antiquities: an historical account of printing in England ... 1790
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As he sat in the scole at his prymer ", there can be no doubt that the book was none other than the Primer here described.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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"I suppose you never knew it," she said to us, "for I took pains not to let it disturb you, but that child has notes in her voice about two stories higher than any operer prymer donner that I ever heard, an '
The Rudder Grangers Abroad and Other Stories Frank Richard Stockton 1868
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"This prymer in Englvlhc/and in Laten is 1 538, - newly tranflated after the Laten tcxte.
Typographical antiquities: an historical account of printing in England ... 1790
fbharjo commented on the word prymer
pry more with a primer?
April 3, 2014