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primuses

primuses is the plural of primus.

Meaning of primus

Noun

primus (plural primuses)

  1. One of the bishops of the Scottish Episcopal Church, who presides at the meetings of the bishops, and has certain privileges but no metropolitan authority.
    • my own grandfather, some time Bishop of Edinburgh, among its Primuses1884, Gonzalo Canilla, speech at the Centenary of the consecration of Samuel Seabury

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Noun capitalized: Primuses

Primuses

  1. (plural) plural of Primus

Questions about primuses

What is primuses the plural of?
Primuses is the plural of primus.
What part of speech is primuses?
Primuses is a noun.

Words near primuses in the dictionary

  1. primus motor
  2. primus motors
  3. Primus stove
  4. Primus stoves
  5. primus-ship
  6. primuses
  7. primwort
  8. primy
  9. primæval
  10. primævality
  11. prin

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