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principiant

principiant adjective: relating to principles or beginnings.

Adjective

principiant (not comparable)

  1. (uncommon) Relating to principles or beginnings.
    • principiant and mother sins1660, Jeremy Taylor, Ductor Dubitantium, or the Rule of Conscience in All Her General Measures; […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] James Flesher, for Richard Royston […], →OCLC

Forms of principiant

pluralprincipiants

Origin of principiant

From Latin principians, present participle of principiare (“to begin”), from principium. See principle.

Questions about principiant

What does principiant mean?
Principiant means relating to principles or beginnings.
What part of speech is principiant?
Principiant is an adjective.

Words near principiant in the dictionary

  1. principessa
  2. principessas
  3. principi
  4. principia
  5. principial
  6. principiant
  7. principiate
  8. principiated
  9. principiates
  10. principiating
  11. principiation

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