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Chyle; as the Stomach, Interlines, and their Appendices, or deprefTed thereon, which lies open to it; therefore this See Chyle S£c. _ Plane, (ifa direftSouth^ hath the South Pole elevated, and PRIMAGE, a Duty appointed by a Statute of Henry VIII. coniequently the Style (whofe Height mult be the Com- be paid to the Mariners, and Sailors, for the loading of plement of the Latitude of the Place! will point down-

•mV Ship' at its-fetting forth from a Ha

wards. Wherefore to find the Hour's Diflance from the

This is different, in different places; in fome, a Penny Meridian upon this Plane, the Proportion is As the Radius

pr Pound; in others, Six-pence per Bale or Pack. See is to the Sine of the Style's Height, or Co-Latitude; lb is

Duty and Custom. the Tangent of the Hour, ot Angle at the Pole • To the

PRIMARY Planet, a Planet which revolves lound the Tangent of the feveral Hours Diltance from the Meridian.

Sun as a Centre. See Planet. By this Canon, the Hours requifite for the Plane as alfo

Such are Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, the Earth, Venus and the Half-Hours, Quarters, &c. being calculated and fet in

Mercury; thus call'd in oppofition to fecundary Planets, or a Table; the Dial is defcribed after the lame manner as

Satellites. See Saturn, Venus, i£c. the Horizontal Dial. North Direct Erect Dials ate but

Some Authors reftrain the primary Planets to the fupe- the backfide of the South, becaufe lying in the fame Azi-

rioror.es, viz. Saturn, Jupiter and Mars; but very imper- muth with it; therefore it is no more but turning the South

tinently. Dial upfide-down, and leaving out the fuperfluous Hours

PRIMATE, an Archbifhop, inverted with a Jurifdiflion between 5 and 7, and 4 and c, and the North Dial is made,

iyer feveral Archbifhops, or Bifhops. See Archbishop. Only note, that the Style mult point upwards to the North

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Father Sirmond derives the Origin of 'Primates hence 5 That the large Provinces having been divided and fubdi- vided by the Emperors; the firlt Divifions were call'd Firft, others Seconds, others 'Thirds, He and the Title <priwate given to the Metropolitans, i. e. to the Bifhop of

Pole. See Dialling.

Prime of the Moon, is the new Moon at her firft Ap- pearance, for about three Days after her Change. See New Moon.

Prime is alfo ufed in the Romijh Church, for the firft the City which was the Capital of the Province, e'er the of the Canonical Houts, fucceeding to Lauds. See Laud. Divifion was made. See Metropolis and Metropoli- Prime, in Fencing, is the firft, and chief of the Guard's tan. _ which is that the Body is in, immediately after drawino the

This Metropolitan 'Primate had fome Jurifdiction over Sword; being fitteft to menace and terrify the Enemy, by the Bifhops ot the inferior Provinces 5 and was alfo call'd reafon the Point of the Sword is held higher u

•Patriarch. See Patriarch.

The Term Primate is Latin, and fignifies the Firft or Prefident of a Society : The Greek Woid correfponding to it, is Exarcha. SeeExARciiA.

Thofe who hold fora ftrictEcclefiaftical Hierarchy, main- tain a Primate to be he who has feveral Metropolitans un- der him; as a Patriarch has feveral Primates : yet 'tis pret- ty evident from Hiftory, that Primates were at firft con- founded with Patriarchs : Thus Socrates enumerating ten Patriarchs, does not make any diftinction thereof ftom Pri- mates.

- _p to the Eye, than in any of the other Guards. See Guard.

Prime, or Priming of a Gun, is the Gun-Powder put in the Pan, or Touch-hole of a Piece, to give it fire by.

The Priming is the laft thing done in Charging. See Charge.

For Pieces of Ordnance, they have a pointed Iron Rod, to pierce the Cartridge thro the Touch-hole; call'd Pri- mer, or Priming Iron.

Priming, among Painters, fignifies the laying on of the firft Colour. See Colour and Painting.

PRIMICERIUS, in Antiquity, the firft, or chief Perfon In Africa, after the Diftinction was made, the Primates in any Office, or Dignity, were not at all fubjeel to the Patriarch : Thus the Bifhop In this fenfe the Word occurs frequently in the Code, and of Carthage, who was Primate, paid no Obedience to the even in our old Englifi Laws j tho' it is there alfo occa- Bilhop of Alexandria, who was Patriarch. fionally ufed for the Nobility, as Primkerius totius Anglite:

Nor, to be a Primate, was it neceffary to have Metropo- Mon. Ang. litans for Suffragans: Each Province of Jlfrica, except The Romans had great Variety of Primicerii, both in thofe which compofed the Diocefe of Alexandria, had its Church, and the Emperor's Court; a Primicerius of the Primate; this Quality being given to Age. Emprefs, a Primicerius AuguJJalis, a Primicerius of the

In France, the Subdivifion of Provinces gave occafion to BardariottS, of the Legions, of the Court, of the Chamber, the Erection of Primates : Thus Aquitain, e.gr. being of the Palace, &c.

divided into two Provinces, the Atchbiihop of Bourges be- The Ecclejiaftical Primicerius, Tlu Cange obferves, was czmtPrimate of the Aquitains, becaufe Sourges was the the fame with the Chanter among us. See Chanter. Capital of the firft. In the Church of Metss, the Primicerius is the firft Dig-

Thus alfo the Divifion of England into two Provinces, nitary of the Diocefe, and prefides at Affemblies of the Canterbury and Tork, in n 52, gave occafion to the Intro- Clergy, in prejudice of the Bi/hop.

duction of Primacies among us; Canterbury, which was At Veitice, the Dean of the Church of St. Mark is caii'd the Metropolis before, thence giving the Title of Primate primocirio, or Primicerius .- He is independent of the of all England, to its Prelate; tho the Archbifhop of Tork Patriarch of Venice, and enjoys Epifcopal Privileges, ftill claims that of Primate of England. And according- PRIM1ER Seifm, in Law, q. d. the firft Seifm; a Branch ly, the firft has fome Jurifdiflion over all England, relating of the King's Prerogative, whereby he had the fi:ft poffef- to Adminillrations, He. which the latter has only within fion of all Lands, and Tenements held of him in chief, where- his own Province. See Province. of his 1'enant died feized in Fee; and confequently the

PRIME, Primus, the firft in Order, Degree, or Dig- Rents and Profits thereof, till the Heir, if he were of Age, nity, among feveral Things of the fame, or like kind. did homage; and it under Age, till he became of Age.

Thus we fay, Prime Minifter, Prime Mover, Prime But all Charges zn&r.gby Primier Seifm, are annulled Coft, (5c. See Minister, Mobile, He by a Stat. 12 Car. 1. See Seisin.

PRIME, or Prime Minute, in Geometry, the fixtieth PRIMIP1LARII, or Primopularii, in Antiquity, the part of a Degree. See Degree. Soldiers of the firft Company, or Cohort of a Legion. See

Prime is fnmetimes alfo ufed for the tenth part of an Legion and Cohort. Unit. See Decimal. The Primipilarii had confiderable Advantages; one of

In Weights it is ufed for the twenty-fourth part of a Grain, the chief was, that moft of the Soldiers who died in the

See Gra

Prime Number, in Arithmetic, a Number which can only he meafur'd by Unity; or whereof 1 is the only ali- quot patt. See Number.

Such are 5, 7, 11,13, He.

Campaign, left them their Heirs.

PR1MIPILUS, or Primopilus, in Antiquity, the firft Centurion, or Captain of a Cohort, who had charge of the Roman Banner. See Centurion and Cohort.

PRIMITIjE, the Firft-Fruits gather'.! of the Earth j

Prime Numbers, inter fe, among themfelves, are thofe whereofthe Antientsmade Prefentsto the Gods. SeeFRuiTs.

which have no common Meafure befides Unity j thus la and 1 9 are Prime Numbers inter fe.

Prime Figure, in Geomerry, is that which cannot be divided into any other Figures more fimplethan itfelf. See Figure.

Such is a Triangle among Planes; and the Pyramid in

In Leviticus, the Primitite of all Fruits are enjoin'd be offer'd to God. See Tithe.

In our Law, the Primitia are one Tear's Profits, after Avoidance, of every Spiritual Living, as rated in the King's Books. See FiRsr-Fruits.

PRIMITIVE, in Grammar, a Root; or a Word

Solids : for all Planes are made of the firft, and all Bodies Language, which is neither derived from any other Lan- or Solids compounded of the fecond. guage, nor compounded from any other Words of the fame.

Prime Vertical, is the Vettical Circle which paffes See Root.

thro' the Poles of the Meridian. See Vertical.

Prime Verticals, in Dialling, or Prime Vertical P)ials, are thofe projected on the Plane of the Prime Vertical Circle, or on Planes parallel thereto. See Dial Plane.

Thefe are what we likewife call Direct, Erect, North or South Dials. But fince every Plane hath that Pole raifed

Thus, God is a Primitive; Godly, a Derivative; God-like, a Compound. See Derivative.

Primitive, in Arithmetic. See Prime Number.

PRIMO Seneficio Ecclefiaftico hab'ndo, in Law,a Writ di- rected from the King to the Lord Chancellor, appointing him to beflow the Benefice that fhall firft fall in the King's

Gift,