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See also:PRIME, PRIMER AND PRIMING . These three words are to be referred to See also:Lat. See also:primus, first, " prime," in O. Eng. See also:prim, occurs first in the ecclesiastical sense of the Latin prima hora, the first See also:hour, one of the lesser canonical See also:hours of the See also:Roman See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church (see See also:BREVIARY). Hence the word " primer " (Med. Lat. primarius), i.e. a See also:book of hours. This was a book for the use of the laity and-not strictly a service book. These books originally contained parts of the offices for the canonical hours, the See also:penitential and other See also:psalms, the See also:Litany, devotional prayers and other See also:matter. There were several " Primers " printed in the reign of See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry VIII.; the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King's Primer of 1545 contained the See also:Calendar, the Commandments, Creed, See also:Lord's See also:Prayer, the penitential psalms, Litany and prayers for See also:special occasions. The primer of See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Marshall, the printer and reformer, 1534, is entitled The Prymer in Englyshe, with certeyn prayers and godly meditations, very necessary for all See also:people that understande not the Latyne See also:Tongue. Later, these primers contained the See also:Catechism, See also:graces before and after meals, and the A. B. C. They were published for See also:children, like the earlier Sarum Primer (1537), and became educational in purpose, as See also:reading books. The earlier primers were also used in this way, as is shownby the " litel See also:child " of See also:Chaucer's Prioress's See also:Tale, who sitting " at his prymer, redemptorie herde synge." Thus " primer " or " primmer " became the See also:regular name for an elementary book for learners. For the type known as " See also:great primer " and " See also:long primer," see See also:TYPOGRAPHY.
Apart from the use of " prime " as the See also:period of greatest vigour of See also:life, the first of the See also:guards in See also:fencing, and for those See also:numbers which have no divisors except themselves and unity (see See also:ARITHMETIC), the See also:principal use is that of the verb, in the sense of to insert in the See also:pan of an old-fashioned small See also:arm, the " primer," containing See also:powder which, on See also:explosion by percussion, fires the See also:charge. This use seems to be due to " priming " being the first See also:stage in the See also:discharge of the weapon. Finally " priming " is the first coat of See also:size or See also:colour laid on a See also:surface as a preparation for the See also:body colour.
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