(historical, Catholicism ecclesiastical) A prayer or devotional book intended for laity, initially an abridgment of the breviary and manual including the hours of the Virgin Mary, 15 gradual and 7 penitential psalms, the litany, the placebo and dirige forming the office of the dead, and the commendations.

Any substance or device, such as priming wire or blasting cap, used to ignite gunpowder or other explosive. / (obsolete, rare) A person who primes explosives.

(obsolete) First in time, initial, early. / (obsolete) First in importance, premier. / (obsolete, rare) First in position, foremost.

Belonging to the first ages. / Primary; original. / Primitive.

An old card game resembling poker.

Alternative form of prime time

plural of primer

(biochemistry) A disaccharide, consisting of xylose and glucose residues, that occurs as plant glycosides

The supposed liquid mixture of organic compounds which, under the influence of ultraviolet light, lightning etc., gave rise to the first self-replicating structures and, eventually, to life

(uncountable) new wine (such as Beaujolais nouveau) / (in the plural) fruit and vegetables that are available early in the season